northward

American  

[nawrth-werd, nawr-therd] / ˈnɔrθ wərd, ˈnɔr ðərd /

adverb

1. Also northwards, northwardly. toward the north.

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adjective

1. Also northwardly. moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the north.

noun

1. the northward part, direction, or point.

northward British  

/ ˈnɔːðəd, ˈnɔːθwəd /

adjective

1. moving, facing, or situated towards the north

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noun

1. the northward part, direction, etc; the north

adverb

1. a variant of northwards

Other Word Forms

• northwardly
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of northward

before 1100; Middle English; Old English northweard. See north, -ward

Example Sentences

Looking across them toward Northward Hill, two miles away, I feel my city eyes widening, adjusting to the open space.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2018

Robert Franklin, a maintenance foreman for JL Properties Inc., which manages the Courthouse Square and the Northward apartment building, calls pigeons flying rats.

From US News • Dec. 8, 2014

"It was one of the best deals you'll ever see," said Simon Rutherfurd, a portfolio manager at Northward Capital.

From Reuters • Feb. 18, 2013

Magnetic Northward attracts serious punters, with an earnest bunch of experts laid on to herd them around and lecture to them.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 12, 2011

These were such people as he had known as a boy in the Northward Vale of Gont, though poorer even than those.

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