southeastward

American  

[south-eest-werd, sou-eest-werd] / ˌsaʊθˈist wərd, ˌsaʊˈist wərd /

adverb

1. Also southeastwards. toward the southeast.

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adjective

1. facing or tending toward the southeast.

2. coming from the southeast, as a wind.

noun

1. the southeast.

southeastward British  

/ ˌsaʊθˈiːstwəd, ˌsaʊˈiːstwəd /

adjective

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

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noun

1. a direction towards or area in the southeast

adverb

1. a variant of southeastwards

Etymology

Origin of southeastward

First recorded in 1520–30; southeast + -ward

Example Sentences

The Pacific storm centered offshore was moving gradually southeastward, sending bands of rain ashore and hitting particularly hard on the central coast after sweeping through the San Francisco Bay Area.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2023

The outlet also noted that, as the storm's cold front slowly slides southeastward, a flash freeze will occur in central and southern New England.

From Fox News • Feb. 4, 2022

The system merged with a cold front in the North Pacific and became what is called a mid-latitude cyclone, looping southeastward before rushing toward the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2021

The world’s economic center of gravity has for two decades raced southeastward from the North Atlantic “at a speed and on a scale never before witnessed,” according to a McKinsey Global Institute report.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2016

And he, Bull Meecham, would turn his boys southeastward, interpret the exact language of latitude and longitude, then drive toward the unarmed fleet.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy