eastward

[eest-werd]

adverb

1. Also eastwards. toward the east.

adjective

1. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the east.

noun

1. the eastward part, direction, or point.

eastward

/ ˈiːstwəd /

adjective

1. situated or directed towards the east

adverb

1. a variant of eastwards

noun

1. the eastward part, direction, etc

Other Word Forms

• eastwardly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of eastward¹

before 850; Middle English estward, Old English ēasteweard. See east, -ward

Example Sentences

It blew topsy-turvy in an eastward direction, borne by fate and the prevailing winds toward the wide, unforgiving sea.

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By Sunday morning rain will have moved into Northern Ireland and will then progress eastwards to all but East Anglia and southeast England by dusk.

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Moscow is demanding that what it calls the "root causes" of the Ukraine war be addressed: an all-encompassing phrase with which Russia broaden its demands to include a halt to Nato enlargement eastwards.

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The city now stretches as far eastwards as far as Bingerville, which was the first capital of the French colony in the early decades of the last century.

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And towering plumes of smoke and acrid odors drifted eastward with the onshore winds.

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