northeastwards
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of northeastwards
Example Sentences
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The Met Office said outbreaks of rain would move northeastwards across northern England throughout the day.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023
The arrays will monitor ocean currents at depths of between 400 and 6,000 metres, including the start of the powerful Kuroshio current, which runs northeastwards through the East China Sea.
From Nature • Feb. 19, 2014
An announcement came on from a speaker in the comer of the pod, suggesting that we all group together facing northeastwards towards the spiral staircase to pose for the souvenir photo.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
"It is evident that it proceeds northeastwards, toward the Missouri River since 2 specimens from eastern Nebraska, a juvenile from Webster County and an adult from Lancaster County, are both typical paradoxus."
From Distribution of Some Nebraskan Mammals by Jones, J. Knox
Next day he found that the other track joined the lower road only about half a league to northeastwards.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas
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