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ˈnorthwardly, adv. and a.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
A. adv. In a northward direction.
1796Morse Amer. Geogr. I. 609 European geographers..extended the name northwardly. 1807Vancouver Agric. Devon (1813) 38 Proceeding northwardly through the remainder of East Allington. 1853Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XIV. i. 18 Travelling northwardly from this..plain.
B. adj. That has a northern situation or direction; of the wind, blowing from the northward.
c1682J. Collins Making Salt in Engl. 75 The most Northwardly part is Rag-Point. 1805Phil. Trans. XCVI. 251 These northwardly winds I take to have been the north-east wind in the offing. 1858Merc. Marine Mag. V. 161 A slowly moving northwardly current. |