east-north-eastwardadv.n.adj.

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies iii. xxx. 363/2 This coast along by the sea is sandie strand, inward being a high land, it reacheth eastnortheastward to a point of land.

1675 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1899) XIV. 167 From the said Rock to turne & Range East North Eastward to y^e Rock afore named.

1851 Daily News 15 Aug. 8/1 Steer east-north-eastward, when the sounding will gradually increase to 23 fathoms on the eastern edge of the Pilot's Ridge.

1916 Afr. Pilot II. vi. 220 Shore Bank..extends 3 miles east-north-eastward of Algoa Point.

2006 M. Svenvold Big Weather 46 We had a trough..that..would be sweeping east-northeastward toward New Mexico late that afternoon.

1718 D. Beeckman Voy. to & from Island of Borneo iii. 155 At this time of Year there is a strong Current sets to the East North Eastward.

1846 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 16 186 A strong current, from ½ to 1½ mile per hour, would be constantly experienced, running against her to east-north-eastward.

1902 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly Sept. 434/2 There were suspicious-looking clouds to the east northeastward.

2000 Jrnl. Coastal Res. 16 1122/1 The 45º sector of northwestward to northward; and the 60º T sector of north-northeastward to east-northeastward.

1747 J. Wood Choir Gaure 95 When you stand on the East North Eastward Side of it the Body of the Temple is in a Line to that Quarter.

1862 J. S. Hittell Mining Pacific States N. Amer. v. 105 About one hundred and seventy-five miles distant, in an east-north-eastward direction, from San Francisco.

1917 Mediterranean Pilot II. iii. 183 It is protected from east-northeastward winds.

1996 Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (Nexis) 7 Oct. a3 An east-northeastward motion with an increase in forward speed is expected today, the hurricane center said.