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shorewards en · ADJ

Etymology

From shore + -wards.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of shoreward.
   alt of shoreward

shorewards en · ADV

Etymology

From shore + -wards.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of shoreward.
   alt of shoreward
   • The men rowed shorewards, but were stopped by four canoes carrying armed men, "new men" the narrative calls them. 1899, Mrs. Cashel Hoey, An Antarctic Mystery:
   • Then it all came back, and I was a boy again on the trawler, creeping shorewards in the light breeze of an August night, and watching that friendly twinkle from the Manor woods above the village. 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet: