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Definition of Northeastward

1. Noun. The compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees.

2. Adjective. Toward the northeast.

3. Adverb. In a northeastward direction. "The river flows northeastward to the gulf"

Definition of Northeastward

1. adv. Toward the northeast.

Definition of Northeastward

1. Adjective. In or toward the northeast ¹

2. Adverb. Toward the northeast ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Northeastward

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Northeastward

north wind northbound northbridge northbridges northeast by east northeast by north northeaster northeasterly northeastern northeastern United States

northeasterner northeasterners northeasters northeasts northeastward (current term) northeastwardly northeastwards northed norther northered

northerlies northerliness northerly northern northern Europe northern Jacob's ladder northern beech fern northern bilberries northern bilberry

Literary usage of Northeastward

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"585), the same observer gives the height for a flock of geese, migrating northeastward in March, as 905 feet above the Neponset valley, or 960 feet above ..."

2. Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference (1890)
"N orth Atlantic : Northward and northeastward . ... northeastward ................. From south of Irish Channel towards Liverpool. Eastward . ..."

3. United States Coast Pilot, Philippine Islands by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1921)
"It lies 10 miles southeastward from Sungi Point, Samar, and 26 miles northeastward from the north point of Dinagat Island. Situated as it is—to windward ..."

4. State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at the End of the Century by Edward Field (1902)
"... north and northeastward the primeval forest, as yet unmarked by the woodman's axe, almost ELEAZER ARNOLD TAVERN NEAR ..."

5. The Colonization of North America, 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton, Thomas Maitland Marshall (1920)
"northeastward ADVANCE OF THE SPANISH FRONTIER The Chihuahua mines.—In Nueva Vizcaya two notable forward steps north were taken in the early eighteenth ..."

6. Geology of the Boston Basin by William Otis Crosby (1900)
"... and slopes gently northeastward, its surface heavily bowlder- strewn. Facing the flat lowland north of it is a cliff twenty feet or more in height, ..."

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