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Meanings of southward in English

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Moving toward the south.

Related terms
Portuguese
sul
Catalan
sud
Spanish
sur

The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees.

sul

Toward the south.

Synonyms
Examples for "southerly"
Examples for "southerly"
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Wind: The wind along the coast will be light to moderate southerly.
The South African
2
Wind: The wind along the coast will be Strong southerly to south-easterly.
The South African
3
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly.
The South African
4
Listen up, United States: Your southerly neighbors might be on to something.
Wired
5
He quickly followed in their track, still going in a southerly direction.
New National Fourth Reader
1
In the year 1292 they sailed southwards from the coast of China.
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
2
In like manner we observed the Eudromias Australis, migrating southwards in May.
Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
3
Perhaps the finest part of the Pineta is that to the southwards.
A Siren
4
They descended southwards, to the banks of the Seine and the Marne.
A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1
5
But at all events the boat steamed southwards into the Red Sea.
The Four Feathers
Usage of southward in English
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The usual grounds are a great way lower down to the southward.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
2
The house looked miles away; far over it three ducks flew southward.
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
3
So the two had gone forth in the darkness and journeyed southward.
The Hindered Hand; or, The Reign of the Repressionist
4
The Sait feared the advance of the Red troops southward to Uliassutai.
Beasts, Men and Gods
5
The fleet sailed on for nearly five hundred miles to the southward.
Discoverers and Explorers
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The southward wind flung itself in an arrow-headed cloud athwart the sun.
The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories
7
The southward wing flung itself in an arrow-headed cloud athwart the sun.
Twelve Stories and a Dream
8
For full seven hundred miles, the train lumbered on to the southward.
On the Firing Line
9
The grottos with the inscriptions are three-days' march southward in the mountains.
Atlantida
10
The first was that we were drifting perceptibly southward; this was satisfactory.
The Pilots of Pomona: A Story of the Orkney Islands
11
There was no conceivable reason why Mar should not have marched southward.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume I
12
Mexico, lying in the forefront of the southward marching army, recently enlisted.
Messages to America / Selected Letters and Cablegrams Addressed ...
13
On the 5th, the river led us to the southward and westward.
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume...
14
We hear much of the havoc it has made to the southward.
Waverley Novels — Volume 12
15
Kid Wolf read the signs on them as the horse trotted southward:
Kid Wolf of Texas / A Western Story
16
Honeyman went southward, and lived for some years in the American Colonies.
Stories of New Jersey
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Translations for southward
Portuguese
sul
Catalan
sud
Spanish
sur
Southward through the time
Southward across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common