north-westwardsadv.
/ˌnɔːθˈwɛstwədz/, U.S. /nɔrθˈwɛstwərdz/ = north-westward adv.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > North-west > [adverb]
north-westOE
north-westlOE
north-westwarda1387
nor'-west?c1475
north-westwards1677
north-westerly1702
north-westwardly1752
north-north-westwards1903
1677 J. Logan Analogia Honorum ii. i. 165 The Russia..Company of Merchant Adventurers for discovery of new Trades, was first incorporated in the beginning of the Reign of King Philip and Queen Mary, upon the Discoveries of..Isles by Seas lying Northwards, North-eastwards, and North-westwards from England.
1850 B. Taylor Views a-Foot (ed. 9) 277 Northwestwards the hills of Carrara bordered the horizon.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 236/1 A wide spur of the Tarbagatai Mountains runs north-westwards, containing gold, copper, and coal.
1949 J. A. Steers et al. Lake's Physical Geogr. (ed. 2) ii. iv. 203 Before the American coast is reached the Aleutian Current divides: one branch turns north-westwards as the Alaska Current.
1992 S. Winchester Pacific (BNC) 90 Despite urgent pleas from his men..to abandon the voyage and sail back to the Guadalquivir, he pressed on north-westwards.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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