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wharfward

wharfward adverb: towards a wharf; in the direction of a wharf.

Adverb

wharfward (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Towards a wharf; in the direction of a wharf.
    • Manoel and Wolo, accompanied by Palo and two others, came running up from the quarters, and rushed into the hall. It needed but a nod from me to have them take each a rifle, and fall into line on the veranda, before the door, where Kit was pacing back and forth, peering anxiously into the gloom to...1872, C. A. Stephens, chapter VII, in On the Amazons; or, The Cruise of "The Rambler." As Recorded by Wash, Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, page 104
    • Mr. Dorman only laughed, and politely ignoring Polly’s proposition to have Joe Milner, who was hopping in the vegetable garden, accompany him, set forth with his face turned wharfward.1883 November 10, Frank H. Converse, “The Preston Treasure”, in The Woman's Journal, volume XIV, number 45, Boston, Massachusetts, page 358, column 3

Examples of wharfward in a sentence

  • It needed but a nod from me to have them take each a rifle, and fall into line on the veranda, before the door, where Kit was pacing back and forth, peering anxiously into the gloom to wharfward.1872, C. A. Stephens, chapter VII, in On the Amazons; or, The Cruise of "The Rambler." As Recorded by Wash, Philadelphia: Porter and...
  • But Alfs eyes gazed wharfward till the last flutter of a handkerchief faded, then he gulped very hard and disappeared till dinner-time; […]1900, Ethel Turner, chapter XXI, in Three Little Maids, Ward, Lock & Co., page 231:

Origin of wharfward

From wharf + -ward.

Questions about wharfward

What does wharfward mean?
Wharfward means towards a wharf; in the direction of a wharf.
How do you use wharfward in a sentence?
It needed but a nod from me to have them take each a rifle, and fall into line on the veranda, before the door, where Kit was pacing back and forth, peering anxiously into the gloom to wharfward.
What part of speech is wharfward?
Wharfward is an adverb.

Words near wharfward in the dictionary

  1. wharfmasters
  2. wharfmen
  3. wharfs
  4. wharfside
  5. wharfsides
  6. wharfward
  7. wharfwards
  8. wharl
  9. wharling
  10. wharls
  11. Wharmby

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