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north-ˈwestward, adv. and n.
[f. north-west + -ward.]
A. adv. In a north-westerly direction; towards the north-west.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 71 A place foure score myle out of York norþwestward. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. ii. 17 We met with the winde at Northeast, and so we ran Northwestward. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 402 Which he makes Northwestward from Coventry. 1728Morgan Algiers I. iii. 70 North-Westward of Costantina..there is a Mountain. 1760T. Hutchinson Hist. Mass. iv. (1765) 390 A line to run northwestward. 1858H. D. Rogers Geol. Pennsylv. I. 124 The Matinal shale manifestly declines in thickness as it spreads north-westward.
B. n. = north-west n.
1796Morse Amer. Geogr. I. 128 To the northwestward of Hudson's Bay is an extensive chain of lakes. 1820W. Scoresby Acc. Arctic Reg. I. 76 After doubling Cape Farewell, they stood to the north-westward. 1892Daily News 27 April 3/5 Wind was light..from the north-westward in the west of France.
Hence north-ˈwestwardly a. and adv.
1796Morse Amer. Geogr. I. 223 A northwestwardly course. 1863Mrs. Whitney Faith Gartney's Girlh. xxvi, Looking off, northwestwardly, across the head of the Pond. |