Definitions for northwestward

northwestward north·west·ward

Spelling: [nawrth-west-werd; Nautical nawr-west-werd]
IPA: /ˌnɔrθˈwɛst wərd; Nautical ˌnɔrˈwɛst wərd/

Northwestward is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 1488 anagrams from letters in northwestward (adehnorrsttww).

Definitions for northwestward

noun

  1. the northwest.

adverb, adjective

  1. Also, northwestwardly. toward the northwest.

Origin of northwestward

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at northwest, -ward

Examples for northwestward

This line starts from Ningyuan and proceeds in a northwestward direction via Hwaiyuanchen to the Yalungkiang.

northwestward was Milan; to the east lay the almost impregnable fortress of Mantua.

It was out of sight that the coach turned to the left, northwestward.

The main migration route is through the Mississippi Valley, northwestward in the spring and southeastward in the fall.

As results had been meager along here, the sides of the trench were turned to the northward and northwestward.

Keeping to the northwestward, and coasting along the shore, they landed from time to time in search of food.

Upon leaving the Marble grove, Inkpaduta and his band moved leisurely in a northwestward direction.

We vaguely located this Asiatic cradle somewhere westward or northwestward of the great plateau of Thibet.

Coursalle suggested that possibly the band had moved to another lake about four miles to the northwestward.

It keeps to its northwestward course and strikes the Louisiana, Texas or Mexico coasts, according to its impulse.

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