Quaywards

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Quayward; towards a quay; in the direction of a quay. not-comparable, uncommon

    "Then when the red sails round by Lido came To rest, and vacant now the gondolier Beneath the Lion and those masts aflame Lounged, bickering o'er his boy's piazza-game, One darker boat came quaywards, called his name, And straight toward the sunset seemed to steer."

Example

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"Then when the red sails round by Lido came To rest, and vacant now the gondolier Beneath the Lion and those masts aflame Lounged, bickering o'er his boy's piazza-game, One darker boat came quaywards, called his name, And straight toward the sunset seemed to steer."

Etymology

From quay + -wards.

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