Worldward

//ˈwɝldwɚd// adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Situated, directed, moving, or facing towards the world.

    "After the strain of a worldward tendency has relaxed, when men let go their worldward endeavors with the gathering conviction of the vanity of things under the sun, then, in the calm and hunger that follow, truth […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    In regard to the world. obsolete
  2. 2
    Towards the world.

    "... that those asking them are, like ourselves, earnestly and honestly seeking the best lines along which American trade may travel worldward with benefit to itself and advantage to other lands and other peoples."

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"... that those asking them are, like ourselves, earnestly and honestly seeking the best lines along which American trade may travel worldward with benefit to itself and advantage to other lands and other peoples."

Etymology

From world + -ward.

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