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north⋅west⋅ward

  [nawrth-west-werd; Naut. nawr-west-werd]
Use northwestward in a Sentence
–adverb, adjective
1. Also, north⋅west⋅ward⋅ly. toward the northwest.
–noun
2. the northwest.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see northwest, -ward
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north·west·ward   (nôrth-wěst'wərd)   
adv.   & adj.
Toward, to, or in the northwest.
n.  A northwestward direction, point, or region.
north·west'ward·ly adv. & adj., north·west'wards adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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