Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
homeward [hohm-werd] ExamplesWord Origin adverb
- Also home·wards. toward home.
adjective
- directed toward home: his homeward way.
Origin of homeward before 900; Middle English homward, Old English hāmweard. See home, -ward Examples from the Web for homeward Contemporary Examples of homeward
Giving me an excuse to post the trailer for Homeward Bound on the blog!
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Historical Examples of homeward
On the homeward way they turned into a lane and came to a clump of catnip.
Edward Peple
Nothing can exceed the freshness and charm of our homeward walk.
Matilda Betham-Edwards
We lost our top-gallant-masts, homeward bound; but this was the only accident that occurred.
James Fenimore Cooper
Enoch swiftly passed his arm about her, and turned her homeward.
Alice Brown
Together they put out from land and hastened on their homeward voyage.
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British Dictionary definitions for homeward homeward adjective
- directed or going home
- (of a ship, part of a voyage, etc) returning to the home port
adverb Also: homewards
- towards home
Word Origin and History for homeward adv.
mid-13c., homward, from Old English ham weard; see home (n.) + -ward. Also Homewards, with adverbial genitive -s (Old English hamweardes).