south-southwesterlyadj.adv.
/ˌsaʊ(θ)saʊ(θ)ˈwɛstəli/, U.S. /ˌsaʊ(θ)saʊ(θ)ˈwɛstərli/ A. adj.
1. Directed towards the south-southwest.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > South-west > [adjective] > south-south-west
south-southwest?1574
south-southwesterly1813
south-southwestern1833
south-southwestward1857
1813 J. C. Hobhouse Journey through Albania xxx. 478 We had a view of the monastery of St. Meletius, and found we had gone in a south-south-westerly direction.
1899 C. Hoey tr. J. Verne Antarctic Myst. 219 During the next twenty-four hours the Halbrane took a south-south-westerly course.
1912 E. M. Kindle Onondaga Fauna of Allegheny Region 38 The belts of Lower Devonian rocks..continue southward across the Potomac through northeastern West Virginia, with a south-southwesterly trend.
1970 H. T. Fry A. Dalrymple v. 99 After visiting the Canaries and Cape Verde, he had apparently crossed the Equator on a south-south-westerly heading.
2000 J. Martin Lionheart (2001) viii. 220 I headed in a south-southwesterly direction.
2. Of a wind: blowing from the south-southwest.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > from specific point of compass
southeOE
northeOE
northerneOE
easternOE
southernOE
south-easternOE
north-easternOE
westernOE
south-westernOE
southena1325
north-east1379
east-north-easta1398
east-south-easta1398
north-north-easta1398
north-westa1398
south-southeasta1398
south-westc1400
south-easta1425
nor'-westa1500
south-southwesta1522
north-westera1525
northerlya1544
southerly1550
south-southeast?1560
south-easterly1577
north-north-west1601
subprincipal1601
southernly1610
north-westerly1611
easternly1614
northernly1632
westwardly1653
northwardly1654
north-easterly1686
southwardly1693
southwesterly1703
eastling1725
south-southeasterly1803
westland1818
south-southwesterly1822
north-western1829
north-north-easterly1831
southwesterly1883
nor-nor-east1891
1822 T. Arnold Amer. Pract. Lunarian 223 Had then light airs and calms; south southwesterly breezes followed.
1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 204/2 Always with south-south-westerly winds.
1850 D. T. Ansted Elem. Course Geol. §124 A south-south-westerly wind.
1961 M. M. Cole S. Afr. ii. 48 As the day proceeds the wind backs gradually, becoming westerly by midday and south-south-westerly in the early afternoon.
2003 P. Finney Gloriana's Torch 343 The wind had changed in the morning, from easterly to south south-westerly.
B. adv.
= south-southwest adv.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > South-west > [adverb] > south-south-west
south-southwest?c1475
south-southwestward1685
southwestwardly1774
south-southwesterly1816
south-south-westwards1868
1816 H. Pottinger Trav. Beloochistan & Sinde i. viii. 126 I travelled in the course of the day twenty-five miles south south-westerly.
1873 J. Macfarlane Coal-regions Amer. x. 189 An axis of elevation occurs,..which can be traced south-southwesterly toward Jennersville.
1918 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 195 40 The shore of the San Jorge-Sea stretched from the Gulf of St. Mathias south-southwesterly to Lake Musters.
2001 D. Zhou et al. in M. S. Hendrix & G. A. Davis Paleozoic & Mesozoic Tectonic Evol. Central Asia 25/2 The road trends south-southwesterly roughly perpendicular to the east-west structural trend of the range.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.adv.1813