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southeast by east

noun

, Navigation, Surveying.
  1. a point on the compass 11°15′ east of southeast. : SEbE


southeast by east

noun

  1. one point on the compass north of southeast; 123° 45′ clockwise from north
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. in, from, or towards this direction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

The Wastrel was cruising at her cripple's pace southeast by east, through those hot waters which lie directly above the equator.

We stretched over again to the Orkneys, in order to be clear of Fairhill; the wind being southeast and southeast by east, we had foggy and misty weather. 31st, Saturday.

When she had passed beyond the range of her guns, she shaped her course southeast by east for Santander, the frigate being now dead astern.

We raised our anchors accordingly, and sailed along southeast by east, continually coasting the land which ran in that direction.

Exactly; this new advance extended southeast by east.

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