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Webster 1913 Edition
Seaward
Sea′ward
,Adj.
Directed or situated toward the sea.
Donne.
Two still clouds . . . sparkled on their
seaward
edges like a frosted fleece. G. W. Cable.
Sea′ward
,adv.
Toward the sea.
Drayton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Seaward
SE'AWARD
,Adj.
SE'AWARD
,adv.
Definition 2024
seaward
seaward
English
Adjective
seaward (not comparable)
- Being in or facing the direction towards sea, as opposed to the direction to the land.
- The landward side of the fort faced more dangerous guns than the seaward side, which only faced what could be put on a ship.
- G. W. Cable
- Two still clouds […] sparkled on their seaward edges like a frosted fleece.
Translations
in the direction toward the sea
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Adverb
seaward (not comparable)
- In the direction of the sea, toward the sea.
- Ever the sailor's widow looked seaward, hoping to see her missing man coming home.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IX”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, […].