Definition of "earthward" [earth•ward]

• To or toward the earth. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "With shining mien and naming sword earthward St. Michael came"
• "Another tremendous section of the glacier rumbled earthward."
• "As it sprang past, he reached out, gripped its forelegs in mid-career, and sent it whirling earthward."