southwardly
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of southwardly
Example Sentences
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They claim the lands bounded by the settlements of this state, southwardly and eastwardly; and by lake Erie, the Miami river, and the claim of the Shawanoes upon the Auglaize, a branch of the latter.
From Life of Tecumseh, and of His Brother the Prophet With a Historical Sketch of the Shawanoe Indians by Drake, Benjamin
Thus, when the ice sheet advanced southwardly from the regions north of the Great Lakes, they conveyed quantities of the débris from that section as far south as the Ohio River.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
Even if he had explored southwardly, by some chance, he must have returned northward when he had reached the point of the Florida peninsula; and in the northerly direction he would have cruised, returning Europe-ward.
From The Ifs of History by Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar
The Indians had given many accounts of a great river at the west, which flowed southwardly, and which they called Mississipy, as the word is written by Marquette.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
In southern Ohio a tongue of the ice projected southwardly until it crossed the Ohio River, where Cincinnati now lies, extending a few miles to the southward of the stream.
From Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography by Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
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