south-south-westwardsn.adv.
/ˌsaʊ(θ)saʊ(θ)ˈwɛstwədz/, U.S. /ˌsaʊ(θ)ˌsaʊ(θ)ˈwɛs(t)wərdz/ = south-southwest n. Obsolete. rare.
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south-southwest?c1475
south-southwestward1584
south-south-westwards1584
1584 R. Norman tr. C. Antoniszoon Safegard of Sailers f. 72 The Baie, which you shall see to the south southwestwards of you.
1893 Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 61 463 One [river] turns to the south-south-westwards, and the other about south-south-east.
B. adv.
= south-southwest adv.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > South-west > [adverb] > south-south-west
south-southwest?c1475
south-southwestward1685
southwestwardly1774
south-southwesterly1816
south-south-westwards1868
1868 G. R. Tate in J. G. Baker & G. R. Tate New Flora Northumberland & Durham i. i. 14 These beds in Northumberland range south-south westwards in a narrow zone.
1899 Sc. Geogr. Mag. 13 323 Soundings were taken where, according to Mohn's bathymetrical chart, a bank extends south-south-westwards from the southern extremity of Jan Mayen.
1926 Times 29 Nov. 14/6 A ridge of high pressure extending south-south-westwards from an anticyclone over Southern Norway.
2002 H. Sharp Trekking & Climbing in Western Alps 54 Just before the col there is a path junction..where you head off south-south-westwards among rocks and a wild landscape.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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