southwardly
[ south-werd-lee; Nautical suhth-erd-lee ]
adjective, adverb
toward or from the south.
Origin of southwardly
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How to use southwardly in a sentence
We were an hour in crossing the lake southwardly from this point, which would give a mean rate of five miles.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftIt lies a little above the bay where the river bends and runs south from there, so that you can see down the river southwardly.
Out of the Hurly-Burly | Charles Heber ClarkWe kept our course southwardly for four days after giving up the search for Glass's islands, without meeting with any ice at all.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Edgar Allan PoeWe here again sounded, and found a current setting still southwardly, and at the rate of three quarters of a mile per hour.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Edgar Allan PoeUpon sounding with two hundred fathoms, we here found a current setting southwardly at the rate of half a mile per hour.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Edgar Allan Poe
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