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Definition of Southward

1. Adverb. Toward the south. "The ship turned southerly"

2. Adjective. Moving toward the south. "A southbound train"

3. Noun. The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees.

Definition of Southward

1. adv. Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward.

2. a. Toward the south.

3. n. The southern regions or countries; the south.

Definition of Southward

1. Noun. The direction or area lying to the south of a place. ¹

2. Adjective. Situated or directed towards the south; moving or facing towards the south. ¹

3. Adverb. Towards the south; in a southerly direction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Southward

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Southward

southness southnesses southpaw southpaws southren southron southrons souths southsaid southsay

southsayer southsayers southsaying southsays southside southward (current term) southwardly southwards southwest southwest by south

southwest by west southwester southwesterly southwestern southwestern lip fern southwestern toad southwestern united states southwestern white pine southwesterner southwesterners

Literary usage of Southward

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

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Woods and moist meadows and about buildings, Que. to Minn, and southward. ... Col. and southward to Conn.—Albino forms, varying all the way to pure white, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The Euphrates, from its source, flows toward the southwest and bends southward within 100 miles of the Mediterranean Sea, and thence in general toward the ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Proceeding southward, they followed the road which winds by the Wady ... holds that the Hebrews proceeded southward until they reached the traditional Mount ..."

4. Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative by Richard Henry Dana (1911)
"... after sundown, it looked black at the southward and eastward, and we were told to keep a bright lookout. Expecting to be called, we turned in early. ..."

5. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1866)
"He southward. /» T 11*11 i • i iii'/» TT marches O was fully determined to take the first opportunity of ..."

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