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Londonwards

Londonwards adverb: toward the city of London.

Adverb

Londonwards (not comparable)

  1. Toward the city of London.
    • Excited men came into the station about nine o'clock with incredible tidings, and caused no more disturbance than drunkards might have done. People rattling Londonwards peered into the darkness outside the carriage windows, and saw only a rare, flickering, vanishing spark dance up from the...1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, page 50
    • I stood there indecisively for a few minutes. Then I turned east, Londonwards.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 52

Origin of Londonwards

From London + -wards.

Questions about Londonwards

What does Londonwards mean?
Londonwards means toward the city of London.
What part of speech is Londonwards?
Londonwards is an adverb.

Words near Londonwards in the dictionary

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

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