east-southeast

[ eest-south-eest; Nautical eest-sou-eest ]

noun

1. the point on a compass midway between east and southeast.

adjective

1. coming from this point:

   an east-southeast wind.

2. directed toward this point:

   an east-southeast course.

adverb

1. toward this point: : ESE

   sailing east-southeast.

east-southeast

noun

1. the point on the compass or the direction midway between east and southeast, 112° 30′ clockwise from north

adjective

1. in, from, or towards this direction

Example Sentences

A village 21 kilometers east-southeast of Quiroga; mesquite-grassland and scrubby oak forest.

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A small village 23 kilometers east-southeast of Cuatro Caminos; arid tropical scrub forest.

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Long Island stretches into the sea for the most part east by south and east-southeast.

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Our course until noon was east-southeast; the latitude was 59°; the distance 104 miles.

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The wind east-southeast, and we therefore sailed along the shore past Orfordness into the sea.

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