Seawardly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Toward the sea. not-comparable
"Looking seawardly, we distinguish the bursting crests of long ridges of waves, and far off, where the cloud on the horizon has lifted apparently an inch or two, you can observe the irregular, peaked, and jagged outline of the agitated sea."
Example
More examples"Looking seawardly, we distinguish the bursting crests of long ridges of waves, and far off, where the cloud on the horizon has lifted apparently an inch or two, you can observe the irregular, peaked, and jagged outline of the agitated sea."
Etymology
From seaward + -ly.
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