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boatward

boatward adverb: toward a boat.

Adverb

boatward (comparative more boatward, superlative most boatward)

  1. Toward a boat.
    • Returning boatward by a new route, we passed through some queer little courts, where I was welcomed by various very clean, nice-looking, neatly dressed women, with glossy hair, and wearing pretty silver ornaments in the shape of butterflies or dragon-flies marked with lucky symbols, the colour...1886, Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming, Wanderings in China
    • I see his long, slender, golden shape plowing boatward near the surface.1903, Charles Hallock, William A. Bruette, Forest and Stream, volume 61

Examples of boatward in a sentence

  • By the time we had examined it we were quite ready to turn boatward.1906, Minnie Stuart Crawford Ross, Around the Mediterranean:
  • And then you see a stallion and his harem, eight small horses gazing curiouly boatward, tails switching, an egret plucking bugs off the back of one.2013, Keith Bellows, 100 Places That Can Change Your Child's Life: From Your Backyard to the Ends of the Earth:
  • All along the waterfront are a number of night clubs and cabarets, traditional last syops for travelers boatward bound.2013, Consuelo Hermer, Havana Manana: A Guide To Cuba And The Cubans:
  • His tail went down, a front paw slipped, and without thinking, without breathing, I released my single-handed hold on the rail and pushed him boatward.2013, Laurie Cass, Lending a Paw:

Forms of boatward

comparativemore boatward
superlativemost boatward

Origin of boatward

From boat + -ward.

Questions about boatward

What does boatward mean?
Boatward means toward a boat.
How do you use boatward in a sentence?
By the time we had examined it we were quite ready to turn boatward.
What part of speech is boatward?
Boatward is an adverb.

Words near boatward in the dictionary

  1. boatswoman
  2. boatswomen
  3. boattail
  4. boattailed
  5. boattails
  6. boatward
  7. boatwear
  8. boatwhistle
  9. boatwhistles
  10. boatwise
  11. boatwoman

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