southeastwardlyadj.
/ˌsaʊθˈiːstwədli/, U.S. /ˌsaʊθˈis(t)wərdli/ Situated in or directed towards the south-east. Also of a wind: blowing from the south-east.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > South-east > [adjective]
south-eastOE
south-eastern1577
south-easterly1600
sunny-east1633
south-east1705
southeastwardly1705
south-eastward1749
1705 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1909) XX. 62 A heape of Stones being the SouthEaStWardly Cornner [sic].
1809 D. Ramsay Hist. S. Carolina II. viii. 297 A neap tide with a south-eastwardly wind is higher than a spring tide with a north-westwardly one.
1845 W. D. Cooley tr. F. Parrot Journey to Ararat iii. 58 An interesting and agreeable strip of country stretching onwards from the Aragvi, in a south-eastwardly direction,..for about 100 miles.
1922 W. E. Connelley & E. M. Coulter Hist. Kentucky I. vi. 74 Gist pursued a fairly direct southeastwardly course to the present Pound Gap.
2007 C. F. Hughes in C. E. Brodine et al. Ironsides! 109 Three detachments that would fan out across the Atlantic on a southeastwardly course toward Africa and Brazil.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
southeastwardlyadv.
/ˌsaʊθˈiːstwədli/, U.S. /ˌsaʊθˈis(t)wərdli/ In a south-eastwardly direction; towards the south-east. Also: on the south-east side.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > South-east > [adverb]
south-eastOE
south-eastward1528
south-east1548
south-easterly1600
south-eastwardsa1650
southeastwardly1706
1706 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1909) XX. 96 Six Score Poles in length NorthWeStwardly & SoutheaStWardly [sic].
1723 E. Stone tr. N. Bion Constr. & Principal Uses Math. Instruments viii. i. 220 A Dial is to be drawn upon a Plane declining 36 deg. South-eastwardly.
1792 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. 194 Bounded..south-eastwardly by the Atlantic Ocean.
1861 Rep. Miss. River 56 The Big Horn..flows southeastwardly..through a narrow bottom land.
1890 T. De W. Talmage From Manger to Throne 401 Jesus..traveled southeastwardly along the Lebanon mountains.
1941 Louisiana: Guide to State (Federal Writers' Project) iii. 641 The highway swings away southeastwardly to skirt the Mississippi River.
1977 Florida Entomologist 60 25 Several of the buckeyes which were migrating southeastwardly..were traveling in pairs.
2007 Tulsa (Oklahoma) World (Nexis) 30 Dec. h8 Hop on board to float southeastwardly from St. Petersburg to Moscow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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