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Definition of Northwesterly
1. Adjective. Coming from the northwest. "Northwesterly winds"
2. Adjective. Situated in or oriented toward the northwest.
Definition of Northwesterly
1. a. Toward the northwest, or from the northwest.
Definition of Northwesterly
1. Adjective. situated in, or pointing to, the northwest ¹
2. Adjective. (chiefly of a wind) coming from the northwest ¹
3. Adverb. From the northwest ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Northwesterly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Northwesterly
Literary usage of Northwesterly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"... Lucas County, Ohio ; thence northwesterly alone Washington Street to the
aforesaid canal lands in said city ; thence southwesterly along said abandoned ..."
2. A Record of the Streets, Alleys, Places, Etc. in the City of Boston by Boston (Mass.) Street laying-out dept (1910)
"RR) ; formerly from Walnut street, northwesterly, to Neponset Playground; formerly
from Taylor street, northwesterly, near NV, NH & HRR; part between Walnut ..."
3. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by Massachusetts County Court (Essex County), George Francis Dow (1921)
"... marked RH standing northwesterly to the bed of the lotts from thence runing
to the southeast Corner of the tenth lott. therefore wee doe all agree by ..."
4. The New York Red Book (1897)
"... thence northeasterly along the westerly elde of Tenth avenue to tho southerly
elde of Twentieth street; thence northwesterly along th) southerly side of ..."
5. The Sham-robbery, Committed by Elijah Putnam Goodridge, on His Own Person by Joseph Jackman, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1819)
"Do you knew the Kenm-tons live as has been stated ? 6. In the northwesterly part;
near the lines of Lee. Capt. ..."
6. Plan of Seattle: Report of the Municipal Plans Commission by Virgil Gay Bogue (1911)
"18, T. 23 N., R. 5 E., and extending thence northwesterly about 4050 feet to the
point of a curve to the left, radius 1690 feet, through 38°; ..."
7. The glacial boundary in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky by George Frederick Wright (1884)
"From that point ths line runs in a general northwesterly direction to the vicinity
of Salamanca, NY, and thence southwesterly into Boone county, Ky., ..."
8. ... Baptisms and Admission from the Records of First Church in Falmouth, Now by First Parish Church (Portland, Me.), Marquis Fayette King, Maine Genealogical Society (1894- ) (1898)
"The bounde beginning at the southwest side of my cornfield, from thence to run
northwesterly upon a straight Jine through the woods and spruce creek, ..."
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