south-southeast

American  

[south-south-eest, sou-sou-eest] / ˈsaʊθˌsaʊθˈist, ˈsaʊˌsaʊˈist /

noun

1. the point on the compass midway between south and southeast.

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adjective

1. coming from this point.

   a south-southeast wind.

2. directed toward this point.

   a south-southeast course.

adverb

1. toward this point: SSE

   sailing south-southeast.

south-southeast British  

noun

1. the point on the compass or the direction midway between southeast and south; 157° 30′ clockwise from north

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adjective

1. in, from, or towards this direction

Example Sentences

The Category 5 hurricane was approaching the country Tuesday morning, producing 180 miles-an-hour winds and churning about 50 miles south-southeast of the western Jamaica town Negril.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

"We were waiting for it to show its face, and now we're seeing that it's hitting the south-southeast with these intense rains."

From Reuters • Nov. 8, 2023

In their first autumn, young birds follow inherited instructions such as “fly southwest for three weeks and then south-southeast for two weeks.”

From Scientific American • Mar. 15, 2022

Its south-southeast orientation exposes it to constant sunlight, and the 2018 Ferguson fire left little vegetation capable of producing shade, Briese said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2022

Its direction, as ascertained by Newcomb in 1878, is about south-southeast; its amount is somewhat less than six seconds of arc in a century.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 by Various