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ˈeastwardly, adv. and a.
[f. prec. + -ly1, -ly2.]
A. adv.
a. In an eastern direction.
b. Of wind: From an eastern quarter.
1667H. Oldenburg in Phil. Trans. II. 421 Another people, not far from these, Eastwardly, of a Dwarfish Stature. 1747Dobbs in Phil. Trans. XLIV. 474 Behring sailed..to the Isles of Japon, and from thence Eastwardly 50 German miles. 1791Smeaton Edystone L. §100 There is a breeze eastwardly. 1807Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 46 Continuing eastwardly along the coast.
B. adj.
a. That has an eastern direction. Also, facing the east.b. Of the wind: That blows from the east.
1703Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. XLII. 360 Thence on a Straigh[t] lien to a heap of Stones on the Eastwardly sied of a hill. 1768Washington Diary 2 Aug. (1925) I. 286 Wind Eastwardly—with appearances of Rain. 1791Smeaton Edystone L. §68 The wind was eastwardly. 1805Flinders in Phil. Trans. XCVI. 258 The eastwardly winds appearing to have set in. 1870Proctor Other Worlds iv. 108 note, Higher latitudes where the earth's eastwardly motion is less. 1883― in Knowledge 20 July 41/2 The body at P is carried eastward by the eastwardly motion of G. |