landward
/ˈlændwɚd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of the country as opposed to the city, rural; agricultural.
Example Sentences
- "[…] the enclosure in which Bulan resided lay on a landward slope a quarter of a mile from the shore, and so divided from it by lofty trees, that, unless when the inhabitants sought the coast for fishing, they took little heed of what was passing at sea."
- "Ninefold deep to the top of the dykes the galloping breakers stride, And their overcarried spray is a sea—a sea on the landward side."
- "So, when the landward breeze winds up from the quickening sea, And leaves quiver of a sudden and life is here and the day, You shall fade away and pass As—when we breathed upon your mirror’s glass— Our faces died away."
- "As a temporary measure, the line was at first moved some 8 ft. to the landward side to permit the passage of trains at reduced speed. […] 400 yd. of new retaining wall built on the landward side has allowed the tracks to be realigned here for normal high-speed running."
- "[…] further research will be required to assess “just how much of a difference for potential ground shaking in Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, etc., may result from an approximately 50-km landward shift” of the expected impact zone."
- "[…] they recommend to all ministers within the bounds, magistrates of towns, and heritors of landward parishes, to exert themselves, and use every prudent and reasonable method in getting their respective congregations to be taught properly, as occasion shall offer."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English landward From land + -ward.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlændwɚd/