homeward

/ˈhoʊmwɚd/

UK: /ˈhəʊmwəd/

homeward

English Adv Top 39,066

Definition

Towards home.

Etymology

From Middle English homward, from Old English hāmweard, from Proto-Germanic *haimawarda, equivalent to home + -ward. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homeward”).

Example Sentences

"I am homeward bound."
"There Enoch spoke no word to anyone, / But homeward—home—what home? had he a home? / His home, he walk'd."