southwardly

American  

[sauth-werd-lee, suhth-erd-lee] / ˈsaʊθ wərd li, ˈsʌð ərd li /

adjective

1. toward or from the south.

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Etymology

Origin of southwardly

First recorded in 1590–1600; southward + -ly

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Example Sentences

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southwardly

The course decided on was to go directly west, and after entering the forest to move southwardly until the South River was reached, and thus pass the falls.

From The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen by Roger Thompson Finlay

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 Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

Moving southwardly towards Warrenton they arrived, on the evening of November 2d, at Snicker's Gap and were at once pushed out to occupy the summit.

From Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters by William Y. W. Ripley

The alleged Yucatan runs from its nearest point to Cuba northwardly, not southwardly.

From History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. by Philip Ainsworth Means

Meanwhile, an emigrant ship with cholera on board reached New York, whence the disease spread up the Hudson River, and was also carried southwardly to Philadelphia and the West.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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