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southward
[ south-werd; Nautical suhth-erd ]
adjective
- moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the south.
- coming from the south, as a wind.
adverb
- Also southwards. toward the south; south.
noun
- the southward part, direction, or point.
southward
/ ˈsaʊθwəd; ˈsʌðəd /
adjective
- situated, directed, or moving towards the south
noun
- the southward part, direction, etc; the south
adverb
- a variant of southwards
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Derived Forms
- ˈsouthwardly, adjectiveadverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of southward1
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Example Sentences
Their finest thinkers and ablest warriors migrated southward.
Sub-freezing air will also extend southward across the border of Texas into Mexico.
The result will be an epic cold air outbreak, with much of the coldness being channeled southward from Greenland.
But as industry migrated southward after the war, Southern New Dealers like Strom Thurmond changed their economic philosophy.
Our talk ranged from the Panhandle to the Canada line, while our horses jogged steadily southward.
In case any reader should hastily exclaim, “What a ridiculous question; there can be only one southward!”
Finally he shook himself free from the dreamy spell of the place, and turned his face southward again.
The ground near the house was not so very rough and the slope southward was a gentle one.
The Dick was apprized by us of the danger in time, and succeeded in clearing the land by tacking to the southward.
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