homeward

[ hohm-werd ]

adverb
  1. Also homewards. toward home.

adjective
  1. directed toward home: his homeward way.

Origin of homeward

1
before 900; Middle English homward,Old English hāmweard.See home, -ward

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How to use homeward in a sentence

  • In this way they passed beyond the deserted and crumbling village and gained the high-road that led homewards through the forest.

    Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon Blackwood
  • The two women disappeared indoors, and Mirrable turned homewards at a brisk pace.

    Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood
  • On the way homewards, we visited the observatory of the famous astronomer, Dey Singh.

  • Catherine gathers her flowers in her arm and taking her little brother by the hand, she leads him homewards.

  • Two to one was too great odds, and the Raleigh turned her head homewards again.

British Dictionary definitions for homeward

homeward

/ (ˈhəʊmwəd) /


adjective
  1. directed or going home

  2. (of a ship, part of a voyage, etc) returning to the home port

adverbAlso: homewards
  1. towards home

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