Londonwards

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adverb

Toward the city of London.

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Meanings

adverbLondonwards (not comparable)
  1. not comparableToward the city of London.

    I stood there indecisively for a few minutes. Then I turned east, Londonwards.

    1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 52
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    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 […]

    1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, page 50

Origin

From London + -wards.

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APA

Londonwards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Londonwards

MLA

“Londonwards.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Londonwards. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Londonwards,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Londonwards.

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