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eastward

/ˈist.wɚd/ adjective C2
  1. Situated or directed towards the east.
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It is the centre for a considerable area of country, since Tunbridge Wells, the nearest place of importance, is ten or twelve miles to the eastward, over the borders of Kent.
The Valley of Fear, p. 21 · C1
It was lying wide of the metals upon the left hand of the track as one goes eastward, at a point close to the station, where the line emerges from the tunnel in which it runs.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 5 · B2
He watched her for a moment, walking rather rapidly eastward, and then he found a cab to drive him slowly homeward.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 32 · C1

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