south-southwestwardn.adv.adj.
/ˌsaʊ(θ)saʊ(θ)ˈwɛstwəd/, U.S. /ˌsaʊ(θ)ˌsaʊ(θ)ˈwɛs(t)wərd/ A. n.
= south-southwest n.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > South-west > [noun] > south-south-west
south-southwest?c1475
south-southwestward1584
south-south-westwards1584
1584 R. Norman tr. C. Antoniszoon Safegard of Sailers f. 47 To the south southwestward, about a kenning from the Stert is about fortie fatham.
1737 tr. C. de Bruyn Trav. into Muscovy I. xxiii. 112/1 The river of Ilni, which rises to the south-south-westward.
1834 A. Conolly Journey to North of India Overland II. vii. 126 The Speen Taizhe division runs to the south-south-westward of Khojeh Amraun.
1865 Mauritius Almanac, & Civil Service Reg. 137 The noise and motion appeared to come from the south-south-westward, and to be travelling to the north-north-eastward.
1920 N.Y. Times 11 June 15/5 The course signal announcing that the course would be fifteen miles to the south-southwestward.
1979 P. Aubrey Defeat of J. Stuart's Armada, 1692 v. 91 By eight there was a tolerably good line running from the Dutch van to the south-south-westward to the rear of the red squadron.
2005 M. Nemčok et al. Thrustbelts viii. 178/1 The Cameroon volcanic line, which forms a constraint for its advance by changing its advance vector from southeastward to south-southwestward.
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
1685 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1899) XIV. 160 From ye said Green Oake tree to Range south south westward takeing a White tree in the Range.
1830 W. H. Ireland Eng. Topographer IV. (Errata for vol. II.) Newnham is the next parish to Norton, south-southwestward.
1902 H. J. Mackinder Britain & Brit. Seas ii. 23 Outside, beyond the relatively broad channel of the Minch, is a mountain ridge striking north-north-eastward and south-south-westward.
1952 N.Y. Times 14 Sept. 64/5 From the Dakotas south southwestward to New Mexico and Montana there were showers and thunderstorms.
2006 J. T. Kirby Mockingbird Song i. 45 De Soto then followed the Coosa River south-southwestward, searching for an emerging giant.
C. adj.
= south-southwest adj. 2.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > South-west > [adjective] > south-south-west
south-southwest?1574
south-southwesterly1813
south-southwestern1833
south-southwestward1857
1857 Imperial Gazetteer Scotl. II. 189/2 Its site is a finely sheltered depression, on the course of the Kilbride burn, which has a south-south-westward direction.
1899 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 7 754 A renewed expression of the persistence of this south-southwestward drift of the ice currents.
1917 Mediterranean Pilot II. 519 A tunny fishery has been established,..extending about 1.4 miles from the shore in a south-southwestward direction.
1979 Climatol. Data: National Summary (U.S. Dept. Commerce) 30 95/2 The circulation finished its loop and began a south-southwestward track.
2007 G. Milnes Signs, Cures, & Witchery Introd. p. xii Pioneers soon ran into the Appalachian Mountains, its ridges running parallel in a south-southwestward direction.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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