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homewards.

Leading toward home.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Leading toward home.

    not-comparable
    At the end of the day we gratefully set off in a homewards direction.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”).

adv
  1. towards home

    We're now heading homewards.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English homwardes, hamwardes, from Old English hāmweardes, equivalent to home + -wards. Cognate with Dutch heimwaarts, German heimwärts (“homewards”).

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