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View synonyms for earthward

earthward

[ urth-werd ]

adverb

  1. Also earthwards. toward the earth.


adjective

  1. directed toward the earth.

earthward

/ ˈɜːθwəd /

adjective

  1. directed towards the earth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adverb

  1. a variant of earthwards
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of earthward1

First recorded in 1350–1400, earthward is from the Middle English word ertheward. See earth, -ward
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Example Sentences

The black cloud would float earthward, and Heno would stop and have a word with the mother and the boy.

Something moved down on the river bank and in that same instant the box hurtled earthward as might a spear.

He saw it open and sail earthward and then some one on the ground waved a white handkerchief.

So he eased his plane earthward, gliding lower and lower, and waiting for the flare.

For he had turned his horse loose, and the blunderbuss, which he had been holding horizontally, was now dropped earthward.

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