wharfwards
wharfwards adverb: towards a wharf; in the direction of a wharf; wharfward.
Adverb
wharfwards (not comparable)
- Towards a wharf; in the direction of a wharf; wharfward.
- Wharfwards in a cab I hurry, and the driver puts me down, […]1851, “The Lay of the London Wanderer”, in Punch, volume XXI, London, page 1
- Innumerable lights studded the view, some occupying effective heights, and the brilliantly lit large ferryboats careered in their transit from point to point with great liveliness and precision, and gave kaleidoscopic variableness of form and colour, to which the Campania herself contributed in her...1898, Arthur Giles, “From Brotherhood to Brotherhood” (chapter I), in Across Western Waves and Home in a Royal Capital, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co., page 14
Examples of wharfwards in a sentence
- Pini flings the bow-line wharfwards — anywhere.1925 August, Paul J. Haaren, “Faatoai to Papeete—Personally Conducted”, in Yachting, volume XXXVIII, number II, page 34, column 1:
- Finally, wharfwards, you'll find Chinese outpost Yi-Ban.2006, “Kensington & Chelsea”, in Tom Lamont, editor, London for Londoners, Time Out Guides, page 144:
Origin of wharfwards
From wharf + -wards.
Questions about wharfwards
- What does wharfwards mean?
- Wharfwards means towards a wharf; in the direction of a wharf; wharfward.
- How do you use wharfwards in a sentence?
- Pini flings the bow-line wharfwards — anywhere.
- What part of speech is wharfwards?
- Wharfwards is an adverb.
Words near wharfwards in the dictionary
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