2. Adverb. northeastward ¹
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Definition of Northeastwards
1. northeastward [n] - See also: northeastward
Lexicographical Neighbors of Northeastwards
Literary usage of Northeastwards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memorials of the Discovery and Early Settlement of the Bermudas Or Somers by John Henry Lefroy (1879)
"... to the northeastwards and the lands of Cap1 Canter con? ... to the northeastwards
and the land of John Place to the south- westward con? ..."
2. Report on the Cahaba Coal Field by Joseph Squire, Eugene Allen Smith (1890)
"Thence southeast to the half mile post on the west side of section 6, township
23, range 9 east; thence northeastwards along the boundary fault, ..."
3. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English by Richard Hakluyt (1907)
"... nor by any part nor parcell thereof lying Northwards, northeastwards, or
Northwestwards, as is aforesayd, by sea shall not be visited, frequented, ..."
4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1894)
"Several areas of low pressure subsequently passed northeastwards along the ...
Several deep depressions passed northeastwards across the Norwegian Sea, ..."
5. Oliver and Boyd's Edinburgh Almanac and National Repository (1902)
"That portion of the city and royal burgh comprehended within a line drawn from
a point at the centre of Nicolson Street at Hill Place northeastwards, ..."
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