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Meanings of northwestwardly in English

In a northwestward direction.

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        Examples for "northwestward"
        Examples for "northwestward"
        1
        It headed northwestward toward Armada Field, one hundred and twenty miles away.
        Dayworld Breakup
        2
        The wind, this morning, is from the northwestward, rather brisk, but not very strong.
        Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.
        3
        The detachment moved northwestward from Sinkat, at an acute angle to its morning's march.
        The Four Feathers
        4
        One went north up the Don, and one, the largest, went northwestward up the ravine.
        Wild Animals I Have Known
        5
        On Sunday morning, the direction of the wind again changed, and it bore to the northwestward.
        Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa...
        Usage of northwestwardly in English
        1
        In the district extending northwestwardly from Kearney Street and Montgomery Avenue, untouched during the first day, the fire spread freely on the second.
        The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire
        2
        They pushed through the woods in a northwestwardly direction, and at last reached a place called Venango, not very far from where Pittsburg now stands.
        Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln / A...
        Northwestwardly through the time