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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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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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