worldward meaning (obsolete): definition

worldward

adv

UK /ˈwɜːldwəd/ · US /ˈwɝldwɚd/

Etymology From world + -ward.

Obsolete In regard to the world.

Towards the world.

... that those asking them are, like ourselves, earnestly and honestly seeking the best lines along which American trade may travel worldward with benefit to itself and advantage to other lands and other peoples.1918, Justin Wallace McEachren, The Valve World, page 277:
One day a Kansas woman watched her neighbors pull up stakes and head back toward Missouri, and wistfully noted in her diary that they were "traveling worldward, and every mile will bring them closer to civilization." (27:198)1992, Eloyce Hubbard Kockler, Hubbard Heritage: An American Story, page 201:

adj

Etymology From world + -ward.

Situated, directed, moving, or facing towards the world.

After the strain of a worldward tendency has relaxed, when men let go their worldward endeavors with the gathering conviction of the vanity of things under the sun, then, in the calm and hunger that follow, truth […]1878, Charles Lemuel Thompson, Times of Refreshing: A History of American Revivals from 1740 to 1877, with Their Philosophy and Methods, page 27:
Making a worldward approach is perhaps the most difficult maneuver a starship must achieve; and the captain must go to the edge of his abilities along with everyone else.2013, Robert Silverberg, Sailing to Byzantium: Six Novellas, Open Road Media, →ISBN:

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