Usually means: Direction opposite to the east.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word westwards:

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  1. westwards: Merriam-Webster
  2. westwards: Vocabulary.com
  3. Westwards, westwards: Wordnik
  4. westwards: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. westwards: Wiktionary
  6. westwards: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. westwards: Dictionary.com
  8. westwards: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Westwards: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. westwards: Rhymezone
  11. Westwards: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. westwards: FreeDictionary.org
  13. westwards: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. westwards: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adverb:  westward, towards the west

Similar:
west, westwardly, westbound, west-southwestwards, west-northwestwards, westerly, west-southwest, west-northwest, westerwards, southwardly, more...

Types:
north, south, east, west, northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest, more...

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Similar:
west, westwardly, westbound, west-southwestwards, west-northwestwards, westerly, west-southwest, west-northwest, westerwards, southwardly, more...

Types:
north, south, east, west, northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest, more...



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