southeast by east
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noun
adjective
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There was heavy forest along the road, and it seemed to us to run southeast by east.
From Three Times and Out by McClung, Nellie L.
On December 20, we turned away from the Mekong valley and began to march southeast by east across an unmapped region toward Ta-li Fu.
From Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China by Andrews, Roy Chapman
We stretched over again to the Orkneys, in order to be clear of Fairhill; the wind being southeast and southeast by east, we had foggy and misty weather. 31st, Saturday.
From Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by James, Bartlett Burleigh
The Norwegian freighter Sommerstad, 3,875 gross tons, torpedoed and sunk 25 miles southeast by east of Fire Island on August 12, 1918.
When she had passed beyond the range of her guns, she shaped her course southeast by east for Santander, the frigate being now dead astern.
From Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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