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Definition of South-southeast
1. Adverb. To, toward, or in the south southeast.
Definition of South-southeast
1. Noun. The compass bearing or compass point halfway between south and southeast, specifically 157.5°, abbreviated as SSE. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of South-southeast
Literary usage of South-southeast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wilderness Trail: Or, The Ventures and Adventures of the Pennsylvania by Charles Augustus Hanna (1911)
"From this town our course was south-southeast three miles, south two miles, ...
"On the 4th we traveled south-southeast one mile, and came to a river about ..."
2. Report Upon Cotton Insects: Prepared Under the Direction of the Commissioner by John Henry Comstock (1879)
"May.—South and southwest and west.—[James C. Brown, Barnwell. TENNESSEE. We have
some very hard winds from the south, southeast, and southwest. ..."
3. History of the State of Ohio by James Wickes Taylor (1854)
"I imagine it discharges ten hogsheads of water in a minute.14 From this town our
course was south-southeast three miles, south two miles, crossed a brook ..."
4. History of the State of Ohio by James Wickes Taylor (1854)
"I imagine it discharges ten hogsheads of water in a minute.14 From this town our
course was south-southeast three miles, south two miles, crossed a brook ..."
5. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"... at the intersection of the main roads from Brussels and Charleroi and from
Namur to Nivelles; about 10 miles south-southeast of Brussels. ..."
6. Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 by Jasper Danckaerts, Peter Sluyter, Bartlett Burleigh James (1913)
"The wind continued southeast and south- southeast. The weather was good but calm
and misty. We calculated the latitude 58° 40'. We kept beating from and to ..."
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