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eastwards

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east·ward  (stwrd)
adv. & adj.
Toward, to, or in the east.
n.
An eastward direction, point, or region.

eastward·ly adv. & adj.
eastwards adv.
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Adv.1.eastwards - toward the east; "they migrated eastward to Sweden"


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From the close of the year 1811 intensified arming and concentrating of the forces of Western Europe began, and in 1812 these forces- millions of men, reckoning those transporting and feeding the army- moved from the west eastwards to the Russian frontier, toward which since 1811 Russian forces had been similarly drawn.
When gliding by the Bashee isles we emerged at last upon the great South Sea; were it not for other things, I could have greeted my dear Pacific with uncounted thanks, for now the long supplication of my youth was answered; that serene ocean rolled eastwards from me a thousand leagues of blue.
Mechanically, I obeyed, turned eastwards, and with my cutlass raised, ran round the corner of the house.
 
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