southwestward

American  

[sauth-west-werd, sau-west-werd] / ˌsaʊθˈwɛst wərd, ˌsaʊˈwɛst wərd /

adverb

1. Also southwestwards. toward the southwest.

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adjective

1. facing or tending toward the southwest.

2. coming from the southwest, as a wind.

noun

1. the southwest.

southwestward British  

/ ˌsaʊθˈwɛstwəd, ˌsaʊˈwɛstwəd /

adjective

1. from or towards the southwest

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adverb

1. a variant of southwestwards

noun

1. a direction towards or area in the southwest

Other Word Forms

• southwestwardly
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of southwestward

First recorded in 1540–50; southwest + -ward

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

southwestward

The weather threat extends southwestward across parts of Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

That risk for a few dry thunderstorms wraps southwestward into northern California, where sporadic lightning strikes could ignite blazes.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2021

Four lengthy dry periods that occurred between 6.25 million and 8.75 million years ago likely drove those creatures to migrate southwestward into Africa, Böhme and her colleagues reported last month in Communications Earth & Environment.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 4, 2021

The other spur was to pass southwestward out of Irak, through the British mandate of Trans-jordania to the port of Haifa in the British mandate of Palestine.

From Time Magazine Archive

As sunrise reddened the Mountain of Gont behind them they raised the high sail and ran southwestward over the Gontish Sea.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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