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Meanings of southwards in English

Toward the south.

Synonyms
Examples for "southward"
Examples for "southward"
1
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
1
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
Usage of southwards in English
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
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A pattern of continuous variation from the Sahel area southwards was identified.
Pubmed
7
On leaving it for the return to Jerusalem I proceeded due southwards.
Byeways in Palestine
8
Still on and on swept the strange birds flying southwards and eastwards.
AE in the Irish Theosophist
9
Elistan sought to calm the people and urge them to move southwards.
Dragons of autumn twilight
10
A hansom bore the brothers southwards as fast as hansom could go.
Demos
11
John of Gaunt led an army during the summer from Calais southwards.
The History of England / From the Accession of Henry III. to the...
12
I read a very interesting account of their progress southwards somewhere lately.
Stories about the Instinct of Animals, Their Characters, and Hab...
13
And salmon sharks migrate from Alaska southwards to waters close to California.
BBC
14
The clouds vanished southwards and the sky was opened, high and blue.
The fellowship of the ring
15
South America, Africa, and Australia are drawn out into wedges narrowing southwards.
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
16
The people tromping southwards through the fog were common at best.
The system of the world
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