quayward adjective 1adverb 1 adjective1 •Being in or facing towards a quay.Now in the crowded noon, sustained a pediment by the shuffle and whisper of adulation that came up over as on the quayward side, he seemed to give the lie to these speculations. — 1920 adverb1 •Towards a quay; in the direction of a quay.All down the quays vessels moored after their fashion—bows quayward, sterns outward; an arrangement giving an immense number of ships each its own small share of landing. — 1886
