southwestward

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

adverb

1. Also southwestwards. toward the southwest.

adjective

1. facing or tending toward the southwest.
2. coming from the southwest, as a wind.

noun

1. the southwest.

southwestward

/ ˌsaʊθˈwɛstwəd; ˌsaʊˈwɛstwəd /

adjective

1. from or towards the southwest

adverb

1. See southwestwards
   a variant of southwestwards

noun

1. a direction towards or area in the southwest

Derived Forms

• ˌsouthˈwestwardly, adjectiveadverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of southwestward¹

First recorded in 1540–50; southwest + -ward

Example Sentences

They followed the South Fork for some distance, and then, turning southward and southwestward, crossed the plains of Colorado.

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His ranch, the Two Diamond, was fifteen miles southwestward.

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From Glacier Point we follow the road southwestward about six miles to a junction, where our trail branches to the left.

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They were coasting that long peninsula of Alaska that projects an arm for a thousand miles southwestward into the Pacific.

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Course was altered immediately to the southwestward and speed was increased to the utmost.

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