Meaning

Lying toward the west..

Definitions by Sense

1. Lying toward the west.
2. Moving or oriented toward the west.
3. Toward the west.
4. The western region or countries; the west.

Example Sentences

[…] yond same star that’s westward from the pole

[…] about a quarter of an hour before the time of sunset the westward clouds parted […]

It stands high up on the westward slopes of the Alpilles […]

1783, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, Volume 3, Chapter 17, p. 8, Those who steer their westward course through the middle of the Propontis, may at once descry the high lands of Thrace and Bithynia, and never lose sight of the lofty summit of Mount Olympus, covered with eternal snows.

Oh! ye wild black swans, ’twere a world of wonder For a while to join in your westward flight,

They moved out on the westward road again.

ride westward.

1857, John Henry Hopkins Jr., “We Three Kings” (Christmas carol), O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light.

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• most westward

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