See Also: northward(dictionary)

northward (iou)



northward adverb, noun, & adjective. OE.
[from NORTH + -WARD.]
A. adverb. Towards the north (of); in a northerly direction. OE.
Jeremy Cooper The house itself faced the wrong direction, northward into the side of the hill. C. Thubron I took a bus northward to the valley where the Ming emperors are buried.
b. noun. The direction or area lying to the north or north of a place etc. LME.
W. F. P. Napier The mountains to the northward of Barcelona.
C. adjective. Situated or directed towards the north; moving or facing towards the north. L16.
Thackeray The northward track which the expeditionary army had hewed out for itself.
northwardly adjective & adverb (a) adjective moving, lying, or facing towards the north; (of a wind) blowing (nearly) from the north; (b) adverb in or from a northwardly direction: L17.
northwards adverb & (now rare) noun = NORTHWARD adverb, noun OE.