waterward

English

Etymology

From water +‎ -ward.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːtəwəd/

Adverb

waterward (comparative more waterward, superlative most waterward)

Towards the water.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
  I now by instinct followed the streets that took me waterward, for there, doubtless, were the cheapest, if not the cheeriest inns.

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