Worldward
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈwɜːldwəd/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Worldward is an adverb meaning Towards the world.
Meaning
Towards the world.
More Meanings
- Situated, directed, moving, or facing towards the world.
- (obsolete) In regard to the world.
Example Sentences
Making a worldward approach is perhaps the most difficult maneuver a starship must achieve; and the captain must go to the edge of his abilities along with everyone else.
... 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.
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 […]
One day a Kansas woman watched her neighbors pull up stakes and head back toward Missouri, and wistfully noted in her diary that they were "traveling worldward, and every mile will bring them closer to civilization." (27:198)
Synonyms for worldward
Depending on context, synonyms include worldwards.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include awayward, forthward, uswards, woolward, outerly, whenceward.
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