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Definition of Landwards
1. Adverb. Toward land. "Landward, miles of rough grass marshes melt into low uplands"
Definition of Landwards
1. Adverb. Towards land. Opposite of seawards. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Landwards
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Landwards
Literary usage of Landwards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1920)
"Out in the fjord I dragged myself up once, wet with fever and exhaustion, and
gazed landwards, and bade farewell for the present to the town — to ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"... a fairly distinct gritty streak (/), which was approximately on the level of
the top of the 'arch' and was prolonged for some distance landwards. ..."
3. Hunger by Knut Hamsun (1921)
"Out in the fjord I dragged myself up once, wet with fever and exhaustion, and
gazed landwards, and bade farewell for the present to the town — to ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1872)
"This rule was held not to have been complied with, where the locus in quo was
described in the declaration as abutting, landwards and towards the north, ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1893)
"Leaning over the taffrail, her eyes heavy with unshed tears, she could see nothing
but Philip standing bareheaded in the boat which slipped landwards so ..."
6. The Sunday at Home by Religious Tract Society, Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1891)
"Between her and the land would be about 100 fathoms, or 200 yards of water ; but
that water •was one furious mass of advancing billows hurled landwards by ..."
7. British Guiana Boundary: Arbitration with the United States of Venezuela by Great Britain (1898)
"... with some bread-grounds landwards, his request was accorded. Ordinary gathering
at the House Naby, 6th December, 1733 : Vol 465 No ]2 Leave was granted ..."
8. Transactions and Proceedings by Perthshire Society of Natural Science (1893)
"landwards the parallel lines of successive sand- ridges are well developed.
The Golf Links of St. Andrews— unsurpassed in Scotland, and the Mecca of all ..."
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