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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
“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


adverb

  1. a variant of southwestwards
“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

noun

  1. a direction towards or area in the southwest
“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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Derived Forms

  • ˌsouthˈwestwardly, adjectiveadverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of southwestward1

First recorded in 1540–50; southwest + -ward
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Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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