eastward vs eastwardly

eastward

adj

  • Situated or directed towards the east. 

noun

  • The direction or area lying to the east. 

adv

  • Towards the east. 

eastwardly

adj

  • Towards the east. 

  • from the east. 

adv

  • In or from an easterly direction. 

How often have the words eastward and eastwardly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )