Meaning of wharfwards | Babel Free

Definitions

Towards a wharf; in the direction of a wharf; wharfward.

not-comparable, rare

Examples

“Wharfwards in a cab I hurry, and the driver puts me down, […]”

“Innumerable lights studded the view, some occupying effective heights, and the brilliantly lit large ferryboats careered in their transit from point to point with great liveliness and precision, and gave kaleidoscopic variableness of form and colour, to which the Campania herself contributed in her stately search wharfwards for her berth.”

“Yank. . . . The clutch goes into reverse. The water astern churns yellow. Pini flings the bow-line wharfwards — anywhere. It lands among the crowd on the wharf.”

“But pockets of the past remain — try Foxtrot Oscar (very British old-school wine bar). Finally, wharfwards, you'll find Chinese outpost Yi-Ban.”

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