south-westwardsn.adv.
/ˌsaʊθˈwɛstwədz/, U.S. /ˌsaʊθˈwɛs(t)wərdz/ A. n.
= southwestward n.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > South-west > [noun]
south-westOE
south-westa1450
southwestward1532
south-westwards1578
1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya iii. 21 That same Currant..doeth once againe rebound backe, by the coasts of Groenland, and from thence vppon Frobishers straites being to the Southwestwardes of the same.
a1611 H. Hudson in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) III. xv. 579 We stood out againe to the South-westwards, with sorrow that our labour was in vaine.
1877 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 1876–7 47 i. 352 The inner gate-house fell over to the south-westwards into the chasm.
1912 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) ix. 67 The low pressure in the region of Iceland during winter..causes the air to move from the south-westwards over north-western Europe.
1998 R. Redfern Walking in Hebrides (2003) x. 111 The Ardnamurchan peninsula with Coll and Tiree to the south-westwards.
B. adv.
= southwestward adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > South-west > [adverb]
south-westOE
southwestward1548
south-westwards1584
southwesterly1625
southwestwardly1723
1584 R. Norman tr. C. Antoniszoon Safegard of Sailers f. 35v When as you are to the northward, or southwestwards from the cape Prior, & that you are not far off from it, then is the cape verie high all alongst.
1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece iii. vi. 44 Hee was otherwise authorized and commanded to goe on Southwestwards to the bottome of Hudsons Bay.
1745 tr. H. Egede Descr. Greenland 39 The Current..running along the Shore, South-Westwards.
1879 A. Geikie in Encycl. Brit. X. 339/2 From the mouth of the St. Lawrence south-westwards into Alabama.
1892 T. Hodgkin Italy & Invaders (ed. 2) II. 513 Bands of the strongest and most restless-spirited of the warriors..streaming south-westwards through Noricum.
1949 A. E. Trueman Geol. & Scenery Eng. & Wales ix. 127 The Cromer Ridge, a belt of high land rising in parts to over 300 feet..extends from near Cromer south-westwards to Holt.
1999 Folkestone Herald 7 Jan. 35/3 (advt.) A new length Footpath with a width of 2 metres commencing from point A running southwestwards for 132 metres to its junction with the D1726.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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