seaward
/ˈsiwəɹd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: oceanward, oceanwards"
- "The landward side of the fort faced more dangerous guns than the seaward side, which only faced what could be put on a ship."
- "Following service in the First World War, when it was leased by the Admiralty, it suffered a swift decline. And despite reconstruction efforts, concerns about its safety were raised in the 1930s and its seaward portion was demolished in the 1940s."
- "Ever the sailor's widow looked seaward, hoping to see her missing man coming home."
- "He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…]."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsiwəɹd/
- British English: /ˈsiːwəd/