Northward

Quick meaning: Northward is a noun meaning The direction or area lying to the north of a place.

Meaning

The direction or area lying to the north of a place.

More Meanings

1. Situated or directed towards the north; moving or facing towards the north.
2. Towards the north; in a northerly direction.

Example Sentences

[T]he trees blew stedfastly one way, never writhing round, and scarcely tossing back their boughs once in an hour; so continuous was the strain bending their branchy heads northward— […]

[…] we were driven a little to the Eaſt of the Molucca Iſlands, and about three Degrees Northward of the Line, as our Captain found by an Obſervation he took the 2d of May, at which time the Wind ceaſed, and it was a perfect Calm, whereat I was not a little rejoyced.

Something must be done, and his sharp fox wits never stood him in better stead than they did on this memorable chase, for when the hounds came up to the stone wall they followed it for about thirty rods northward and then at a barway, an artificial break in the stone wall, the trail suddenly ended.

When she came, I could see at a glance she was tired and jaded and worried, and so, instead of letting her fret about in the hotel and get into a wearing tangle of gossip, I packed her and two knapsacks up, and started off on a long, refreshing, easy-going walk northward, until a blister on her foot stranded us at the Magenruhe Hotel on the Sneejoch.

Synonyms for northward

Depending on context, synonyms include north, northerly, northbound, northwards.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include northbound, north, northerly, northern, upcountry, boreal.

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