southeastward

[ south-eest-werd; Nautical sou-eest-werd ]

/ ˌsaʊθˈist wərd; Nautical ˌsaʊˈist wərd /

adverb

Also south·east·wards. toward the southeast.

adjective

facing or tending toward the southeast.

coming from the southeast, as a wind.

noun

the southeast.

Nearby words

Origin of southeastward

First recorded in 1520–30; southeast + -ward

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Examples from the Web for southeastward

To northward and southeastward a horizon line of low uplands, misty purple.
The Haunters of the Silences|Charles G. D. Roberts
Sweeping in a curved course to the southeastward we see the Welsh high uplands, with their thrifty farms and many windmills.
The Cathedral Towns and Intervening Places of England, Ireland and Scotland:|Thomas W. Silloway
Our march leads us southeastward up the valley of Davis's Creek—a valley that grows grandly beautiful as we near its head.
Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life|Charles King
The other boom consisted of entanglement nets moored between a series of buoys to the southeastward of the barges.
The Blocking of Zeebrugge|Alfred F. B. Carpenter

See how the chief mountain systems, the Pacific "cordilleras," trend away from one another, southeastward and southwestward.
The Red Man's Continent|Ellsworth Huntington

British Dictionary definitions for southeastward

southeastward

/ (ˌsaʊθˈiːstwəd, nautical ˌsaʊˈiːstwəd) /

adjective

towards or (esp of a wind) from the southeast

noun

a direction towards or area in the southeast

adverb

a variant of southeastwards

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