eastwardly

[ eest-werd-lee ]

/ ˈist wərd li /

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adjective

having an eastward direction or situation.

coming from the east: an eastwardly wind.

adverb

toward the east.

from the east.

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Origin of eastwardly

First recorded in 1660–70; eastward + -ly

Words nearby eastwardly

East Suffolk, East Sussex, East Timor, East Timorese, eastward, eastwardly, eastwards, East-West, Eastwood, easy, easy as pie

How to use eastwardly in a sentence

In a short time we discovered land at the distance of twenty or thirty miles, in an eastwardly direction.
A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute|Horace Holden
The Chippewas affirm that this was the last time the buffalo crossed the Mississippi eastwardly.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
It extends eastwardly and westwardly, and the "Lion's Head" is first seen as you approach from the eastward.
Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas|W. Hastings Macaulay
Proceeding on eastwardly from this anchorage you come to Wasp Bay, at the head of the harbour.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe

In 1873 he located a hundred miles of the road from Topolobampo eastwardly, and two years ago the construction commenced.
Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887|Various