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southeastwardly

[ south-eest-werd-lee; Nautical sou-eest-werd-lee ]

adjective

  1. toward or from the southeast.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of southeastwardly1

First recorded in 1785–95; southeastward + -ly
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Example Sentences

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Moving in a southeastwardly direction from the great village, they passed many mounted Indians killing buffalo, and later in the day passed another Oglala village of some 50 lodges, moving southward.

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Here, provided with a retinue of one hundred men of the Commi nation, his overland journey began, and led him through the hilly country of the Bakalai southeastwardly to the village of Olenda.

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Grant's plan of campaign was to move by his left from the Rappahannock southeastwardly.

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And this great movement took place about the time that another branch of their race also migrated southeastwardly to the valleys of the Indus.

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With my own division I advanced southeastwardly to hills in that direction, keeping abreast of the movement on Rocky Face.

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