释义 |
seawardly, a. and adv.|ˈsiːwədlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly.] A. adj. Habituated to looking seaward.
1849G. Cupples Green Hand xi. (1856) 97 The keen gray seawardly eye, under the peak of the naval cap, kept changing and twinkling. 1890Clark Russell Ocean Trag. I. v. 104 Dry, tough, burnt, seawardly chaps. 1890― My Shipm. Louise I. xiv. 296 His keen seawardly eye took in everything in a breath. B. adv. Towards the sea. rare.
190219th Cent. Feb. 176 We see roof-ridge and telegraph-wire packed with seawardly attentive birds. |