riverward
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of riverward
Example Sentences
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Half in a dream he wandered forward to the riverward side of the tree, where great winding roots grew out into the stream, like gnarled dragonets straining down to drink.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
It has both a landward and a riverward front, and both alike.
From Virginia: the Old Dominion by Hutchins, Frank W.
The blanket piled so high with chips that its weight balanced the grain-sack, he prepared to start riverward.
From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor
Each sag and depression became a pond, and countless rills and rivulets gurgled riverward, bank-full with sparkling snow-water.
From The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)
When once started down this last lap of the journey riverward, one finds that the trail is a great deal smoother than that already traveled.
From I Married a Ranger by Smith, Dama Margaret
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