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
The stony gaze of an African mask lures a beautiful maid homeward.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
Russell packed as many of the women as he could fit in his car and drove them homeward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 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
And when long years and seasons wheeling brought around that point of time ordained for him to make his passage homeward, trials and dangers, even so, attended him even in Ithaka, near those he loved.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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