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earthward

[ urth-werd ]

/ ˈɜrθ wərd /

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adverb

Also earth·wards. toward the earth.

adjective

directed toward the earth.

Origin of earthward

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

Words nearby earthward

earthrise, earthshaker, earthshaking, earthshine, earthstar, earthward, earthwards, earthwoman, earthwork, earthworm, earthy

Example sentences from the Web for earthward

Vainly he sought to lull it, to keep it earthward, to laugh at his own aspirations—useless labor!

My Recollections of Lord Byron |Teresa Guiccioli
The cargo was to be taken to the Asteroid Belt for purification and then shipped Earthward for final disposition.

Hanging by a Thread |Gordon Randall Garrett
Madame C——, on the contrary, would not deign to bestow such an epithet on any one whose views and occupations were so earthward.

Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) |Frances Milton Trollope
It is beautiful to think that earthward from some chromatic star the soul of Krishna may have sunk.

The Monster |Edgar Saltus

Can woman with her immortality be happy when its drawings are all earthward?

Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale |Ida Glenwood

British Dictionary definitions for earthward

earthward

/ (ˈɜːθwəd) /

adjective

directed towards the earth

adverb

a variant of earthwards