south-southeast

American  

[south-south-eest, sou-sou-eest] / ˈsaʊθˌsaʊθˈist, ˈsaʊˌsaʊˈist /

noun

1. the point on the compass midway between south and southeast.

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adjective

1. coming from this point.

   a south-southeast wind.

2. directed toward this point.

   a south-southeast course.

adverb

1. toward this point: SSE

   sailing south-southeast.

south-southeast British  

noun

1. the point on the compass or the direction midway between southeast and south; 157° 30′ clockwise from north

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adjective

1. in, from, or towards this direction

Example Sentences

The Category 5 hurricane was approaching the country Tuesday morning, producing 180 miles-an-hour winds and churning about 50 miles south-southeast of the western Jamaica town Negril.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

"We were waiting for it to show its face, and now we're seeing that it's hitting the south-southeast with these intense rains."

From Reuters • Nov. 8, 2023

In their first autumn, young birds follow inherited instructions such as “fly southwest for three weeks and then south-southeast for two weeks.”

From Scientific American • Mar. 15, 2022

Its south-southeast orientation exposes it to constant sunlight, and the 2018 Ferguson fire left little vegetation capable of producing shade, Briese said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2022

At 7.25 A. M. the flash of guns was observed south-southeast; shortly afterwards the report reached me from the Aurora that she was engaged with enemy ships.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew