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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Perhaps it should surprise no-one that a country whose national anthem reminisces about sending an invading English army homeward "tae think again" does not stand four-square behind the "Auld Enemy".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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
The stony gaze of an African mask lures a beautiful maid homeward.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 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
The villagers called out their good-nights and began slowly to move homeward.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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