Definitions for southwestward

southwestward south·west·ward

Spelling: [south-west-werd; Nautical sou-west-werd]
IPA: /ˌsaʊθˈwɛst wərd; Nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛst wərd/

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

You can make 1405 anagrams from letters in southwestward (adehorssttuww).

Definitions for southwestward

noun

  1. the southwest.

adverb

  1. Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.

adjective

  1. facing or tending toward the southwest.
  2. coming from the southwest, as a wind.

Origin of southwestward

First recorded in 1540-50; southwest + -ward

Examples for southwestward

This delicate rock-loving fern is found in the clefts of dry limestone rocks in Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, and southwestward.

Pinzon had repeatedly advised that the course be altered to the southwestward.

Yes, he pointed to the river, and then to the southwestward.

southwestward from the Colorado Rockies this shrew becomes smaller and slightly more reddish (less grayish).

The first branch proceeds from Hora southwestward through many oases to Cherchen.

They followed the South Fork for some distance, and then, turning southward and southwestward, crossed the plains of Colorado.

And the southwestward movement, once started, never stopped.

This line starts from Lanchow southwestward and follows the same route as line (a) as far as Titao.

The brook was soon gained, and found to flow to the southwestward.

Then, by nightfall, the bow of the Stormy Petrel was once more headed for the southwestward.

Word Value for southwestward
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