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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

E'ASTWARD, adv. [east and ward.] Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place. New Haven lies eastward from New York. Turn your eyes eastward.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: moving toward the east; "eastbound trains" [syn: eastbound, eastward] n
1: the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees [syn: east, due east, eastward, E] adv
1: toward the east; "they migrated eastward to Sweden" [syn: eastward, eastwards]

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb or adjective Date: before 12th century toward the east • eastwards adverb II. noun Date: 1582 eastward direction or part <sail to the eastward>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., adv., & n. --adj. & adv. (also eastwards) towards the east. --n. an eastward direction or region. Derivatives: eastwardly adj. & adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Eastward East"ward, Eastwards East"wards, adv. Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also eastwards Eastward or eastwards means towards the east. A powerful snow storm is moving eastward... They were pressing on eastwards towards the city's small airfield. = east ADV: usu ADV after v, also n ADV • Eastward is also an adjective. ...the eastward expansion of the City of London. ADJ