west-north-westwardsn.adv.
/ˌwɛs(t)nɔː(θ)ˈwɛstwədz/, U.S. /ˌwɛs(t)ˌnɔr(θ)ˈwɛs(t)wərdz/ A. n.
= west-north-west n. rare.
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1584 R. Norman tr. C. Antoniszoon Safegard of Sailers f. 44v To the west north westwards of the Stert, sixe leagues goeth in the sound of Plimouth.
1926 R. D. Oldham Cutch Earthquake 16th June 1819 ii. 69 Four fairly well defined points on the outer limit of the disturbed area namely (1) to the south-south-eastwards..(4) to the west-north-westwards, on the outer edge of the Himalayas in Kangra.
1995 B. F. Windley Evolving Continents (ed. 3) xii. 217/1 In the Gander and SE Dunnage terranes vergence changed from south-southeastwards in the early Palaeozoic to west-northwestwards in the late Palaeozoic.
B. adv.
= west-north-west adv.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > West-north-west > [adverb]
west-north-west?c1475
west-north-westward1598
west-north-westwards1841
1841 E. Robinson & E. Smith Biblical Res. Palestine III. 174 The mountains which skirt the Jordan valley, and run up also west-northwestwards into those of Gilboa.
1899 Trans. Edinb. Geol. Soc. 7 155 The beds..dip continuously west-north-westwards as far as the mouth of the Nethermill Burn.
1955 Times 16 Aug. 6/6 Hurricane Diane was reported yesterday..to be moving west-north-westwards at about 15 miles an hour.
2007 G. Zatzman & R. Islam Econ. of Intangibles iv. 191 West-northwestwards across central and northern Nova Scotia through the neighbouring province of New Brunswick.
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