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eastwardly

/eest-werd-lee/US // ˈist wərd li //

向东,东向,向东走,往东

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having an eastward direction or situation.
    • : coming from the east: an eastwardly wind.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : toward the east.
    • : from the east.

Examples

  • In a short time we discovered land at the distance of twenty or thirty miles, in an eastwardly direction.

  • The Chippewas affirm that this was the last time the buffalo crossed the Mississippi eastwardly.

  • It extends eastwardly and westwardly, and the "Lion's Head" is first seen as you approach from the eastward.

  • Proceeding on eastwardly from this anchorage you come to Wasp Bay, at the head of the harbour.

  • In 1873 he located a hundred miles of the road from Topolobampo eastwardly, and two years ago the construction commenced.