southwestwardly

American  

[south-west-werd-lee, sou-west-werd-lee] / ˌsaʊθˈwɛst wərd li, ˌsaʊˈwɛst wərd li /

adjective

1. toward or from the southwest.

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Etymology

Origin of southwestwardly

First recorded in 1790–1800; southwestward + -ly

Example Sentences

After a sharp conflict, in which Yankee ingenuity and grit were fairly tested, the chivalry retired southwestwardly, acknowledging themselves badly defeated.

From Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Glazier, Willard W.

Even as early as 1840 the Red River hunt was prosecuted through Dakota southwestwardly to the Missouri River and a short distance beyond it.

From The Extermination of the American Bison by Hornaday, William Temple

A few of the tribes retain very nearly their original hunting-grounds; the principal migrations of those who have moved having been southwestwardly, from the headwaters of the Mississippi to the Missouri.

From Descriptive Catalogue of Photographs of North American Indians by Jackson, W. H.

First, toward the west, came the Lookout range, rising abruptly from the river to the height of 2,200 feet, and stretching southwestwardly far into Georgia and Alabama.

From Chattanooga and Chickamauga Reprint of Gen. H. V. Boynton's letters to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, August, 1888. by Boynton, Henry V.

Reaching a more populous thoroughfare, on which he saw more soldiers than citizens, he proceeded southwestwardly in a preoccupied manner, his coatless condition being easily accounted for by the heat of the season.

From The Road to Paris by Stephens, Robert Neilson