southeastwards

British

/ ˌsaʊθˈiːstwədz, ˌsaʊˈiːstwədz /

adverb

to the southeast

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Example Sentences

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After a largely dry Monday, a band of rain is likely to sweep southeastwards during Tuesday.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

These Gauls overcame and drove out the Etruscans, and occupied the land from the Ticinus and Lake Maggiore southeastwards to the Adriatic between the mouth of the Po and Ancona.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

He fired his second barrel as the brute streamed away in an oblique line southeastwards from the wood, and missed.

From Ensign Knightley and Other Stories by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

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