southwest by west

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noun Navigation, Surveying.

a point on the compass 11°15′ west of southwest. Abbreviation: SWbW

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Words nearby southwest by west

Southwark, Southwell, southwest, South West Africa, southwest by south, southwest by west, southwester, southwesterly, southwesterner, southwestward, southwestwardly

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How to use southwest by west in a sentence

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The need for an Ebola vaccine in West Africa has never been greater.
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With Ebola still raging in West Africa, the race to find a vaccine is heating up.
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I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.
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All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."
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The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
When the women came, he was preparing to go to the west side for his daily visit with Mrs. Pruitt.
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The cantonment was split into two sections by an irregular ravine, or nullah, running east and west.
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But you are mistaken in thinking the force west consists of the entire Merrill Horse.
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British Dictionary definitions for southwest by west

southwest by west

noun

one point on the compass north of southwest, 236° 15′ clockwise from north

adjective, adverb

in, from, or towards this direction

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