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Londonward

Londonward adverb: toward the city of London.

Adverb

Londonward (not comparable)

  1. Toward the city of London.
    • [15th c., Nicholas Harris Nicolas (ed.), A Chronicle of London, from 1089 to 1483, written in the fifteenth century, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1827, p. 85,
      And thanne the kyng and the duke and the othere seid lordes reden in fere to Londonward: and in the firste day of Septembre...
    • The great Hounds toong groweth almoſt euerie where, by high waies and vntoiled grounde: the ſmall Hounds toong groweth very plentifully by the waies ſide, as you ride Colcheſter high way from Londonward, betweene Eſterford and VVittam in Eſſex.1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Houndes Toong”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book II, page 659

Adjective

Londonward (not comparable)

  1. Facing or moving toward the city of London.
    • […] she watched his lordship’s travelling-carriage rolling once more along the Londonward level of the park […]1838, Catherine Gore, The Woman of the World, Philadelphia: E.L. Carey & A. Hart, Volume 2, Chapter, p. 6,https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006059965
    • It would begin with the figure of a neatly brushed patriot, with an intent expression upon his intelligent face, seated in the Londonward train, reading the war news—the first comforting war news for many days—and trying not to look as though his life was torn up by the roots and all his being...1916, H. G. Wells, Mr. Britling Sees It Through, Book II, Chapter 2 § 1

Origin of Londonward

From London + -ward.

Questions about Londonward

What does Londonward mean?
Londonward means toward the city of London.
What part of speech is Londonward?
Londonward can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near Londonward in the dictionary

  1. Londonphile
  2. Londonphiles
  3. Londons
  4. Londonshire
  5. Londonstan
  6. Londonward
  7. Londonwards
  8. Londonwide
  9. Londony
  10. Londos
  11. Londraville

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