southwestward

[ south-west-werd; Nautical sou-west-werd ]

/ ˌsaʊθˈwɛst wərd; Nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛst wərd /

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adverb

Also southwestwards. toward the southwest.

adjective

facing or tending toward the southwest.

coming from the southwest, as a wind.

noun

the southwest.

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Origin of southwestward

First recorded in 1540–50; southwest + -ward

Words nearby southwestward

southwest by south, southwest by west, southwester, southwesterly, southwesterner, southwestward, southwestwardly, southwestwards, South Whittier, South Windsor, South Yemen

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How to use southwestward in a sentence

They followed the South Fork for some distance, and then, turning southward and southwestward, crossed the plains of Colorado.
A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I|Francis Parkman
His ranch, the Two Diamond, was fifteen miles southwestward.
The Trail Horde|Charles Alden Seltzer
From Glacier Point we follow the road southwestward about six miles to a junction, where our trail branches to the left.
Guide to Yosemite|Ansel Hall
They were coasting that long peninsula of Alaska that projects an arm for a thousand miles southwestward into the Pacific.
Vikings of the Pacific|Agnes C. Laut

Course was altered immediately to the southwestward and speed was increased to the utmost.
The Blocking of Zeebrugge|Alfred F. B. Carpenter

British Dictionary definitions for southwestward

southwestward

/ (ˌsaʊθˈwɛstwəd, nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛstwəd) /

adjective

from or towards the southwest

adverb

a variant of southwestwards

noun

a direction towards or area in the southwest

Derived forms of southwestward

southwestwardly, adjective, adverb

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