north-north-westerlyadj.adv.
/ˌnɔːθnɔːθˈwɛstəli/, /ˌnɔːnɔːˈwɛstəli/, U.S. /ˌnɔrθˌnɔrθˈwɛstərli/, /ˌnɔrˌnɔrˈwɛstərli/ A. adj.
= north-north-west adj.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-west > [adjective] > north-north-west
north-north-westa1398
nor-nor-west1612
north-north-westerly1844
north-north-westward1990
1844 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 14 p. lxv It..trends in a north-north-westerly direction for the space of upwards of 500 English miles.
1862 J. Cook Siege of Richmond viii. 228 Four miles distant, in a north-northwesterly direction.
1898 Eng. Hist. Rev. 13 168 Blake would not have considered a north-north-westerly gale an interposition of Providence.
1934 J. G. Andersson Children of Yellow Earth v. 78 The excursion which I made in her company on November 29th, 1918, in a north-north-westerly direction from the little town of Hsin An.
1994 H. W. Crosby Antigua Calif. xi. 344 The exploration he and Rivera headed in 1751 fared in a generally north-northwesterly direction.
B. adv.
= north-north-west adv.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-west > [adverb] > north-north-west
north-north-west?c1475
nor-nor-west1580
north-north-westward1784
north-north-westerly1913
1913 Science 21 Mar. 457/2 A line passing north-northwesterly through Minnesota.
1961 V. C. Miller Photogeol. xiv. 206 The sandstone-shale belt of features A through F can be traced north-northwesterly to about point Z.
1983 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 73 99/1 The majority of the north-northwesterly trending sites in Wisconsin..have southerly locations.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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