HOMEWARDS

homeward, homewards

(adverb) toward home; “fought his way homeward through the deep snow”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

homewards (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to leading toward home.

Adverb

homewards

towards home

We're now heading homewards.

Source: Wiktionary


Home"ward, Home"wards, adv. Etym: [AS. hamweard.]

Definition: Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country. Homeward bound, bound for home; going homeward; as, the homeward bound fleet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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