northeastward

American  

[nawrth-eest-werd, nawr-eest-werd] / ˌnɔrθˈist wərd, ˌnɔrˈist wərd /

adverb

1. Also northeastwardly. toward the northeast.

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noun

1. the northeast.

northeastward British  

/ ˌnɔːθˈiːstwəd, ˌnɔːrˈiːstwəd /

adjective

1. towards or (esp of a wind) from the northeast

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noun

1. a direction towards or area in the northeast

Other Word Forms

• northeastwardly
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of northeastward

First recorded in 1545–55; northeast + -ward

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

northeastward

The African Superplume is an enormous zone of rising mantle material that begins deep beneath southwest Africa and extends northeastward across the continent.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

It warned of possible coastal flooding as the storm accelerated northeastward.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

Typhoon Ewiniar crept by the country’s eastern coast late Friday night and lingered over the Philippine islands for several days, before shifting northeastward away from the archipelago.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024

The corridor that is the most at risk stretches “from far northeast Louisiana northeastward across northwest Mississippi,” the Storm Prediction Center forecasters wrote on Monday.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2022

They went on north, after which I struck out northeastward by myself into the high foothills of the Sembensyen.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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