Invariable adverb meaning 'toward or in the direction of the east'; chiefly used in formal, literary, or geographic contexts.
к востокуБолее книжное и географическое употребление. The river flows eastwards through the plain.
Река течёт к востоку через равнину.
The birds migrated eastwards as the weather grew colder.
Птицы мигрировали на восток, когда погода становилась холоднее.
Synonyms
due east
in an easterly direction
to the east
towards the east
toward the east