homeward
Americanadverb
adjective
adjective
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directed or going home
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(of a ship, part of a voyage, etc) returning to the home port
adverb
Etymology
Origin of homeward
before 900; Middle English homward, Old English hāmweard. See home, -ward
Example Sentences
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Live pictures showed the capsule push gracefully away, homeward bound.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
One particularly humid August night, fresh off a 14-hour flight, I was crawling homeward on the freeway, dog-tired to the point of delirium, and my phone rang.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023
Like most returnees, Babayants’s family turned homeward in the autumn, following Ukrainian counteroffensives that drove Russian occupiers from much of the Kharkiv region and from Kherson city.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2023
After graduation, she looked homeward, taking a job with the Community Legal Aid Society, where she worked on housing issues.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2022
I went off through the silent courts and alleys of the Palace, my boots crunching on the thin moonlit snow, and homeward through the deep streets of the city.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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