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English
Etymology
From quay + -wards.
Adverb
quaywards (not comparable)
- (uncommon) Quayward; towards a quay; in the direction of a quay.
1890, H. D. Rawnsley, “The Poet's Home-going”, in Poems, Ballads, and Bucolics, London: Macmillan and Co., page 2:Then when the red sails round by Lido came
To rest, and vacant now the gondolier
Beneath the Lion and those masts aflame
Lounged, bickering o'er his boy's piazza-game,
One darker boat came quaywards, called his name,
And straight toward the sunset seemed to steer.
1908, Wilkinson Sherren, “Havenpool”, in The Wessex of Romance, London: Francis Griffiths, page 153:Even the most respectable, though least interesting, quarter of the town is varied by a picturesque thatched cottage, old-fashioned alleys leading quaywards, and crooked thoroughfares that are twisted into eccentric curves.
1913, Edith A. Brown, “The Way to Panama”, in Panama, London: Adam and Charles Black, page 19:As we turn our faces quaywards, our guide delights our hearts with the information that we are at liberty to pick any flowers that take our fancy, and as many of them as we can carry away.