Londonwards

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English

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Etymology

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From London +‎ -wards.

Adverb

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Londonwards (not comparable)

  1. Toward the city of London.
    • 1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, page 50:
      Excited men came into the station about nine o'clock with incredible tidings, and caused no more disturbance than drunkards might have done. People rattling Londonwards peered into the darkness outside the carriage windows, and saw only a rare, flickering, vanishing spark dance up from the direction of Horsell []