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Definition of Northeastwardly
1. Adverb. In a northeastward direction. "The river flows northeastward to the gulf"
Definition of Northeastwardly
1. Adverb. Towards the northeast. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Northeastwardly
Literary usage of Northeastwardly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Code of Virginia: With the Declaration of Independence and Constitution by Virginia, John Mercer Patton, Conway Robinson (1849)
"... now Tennessee line, crosses the top of the Cumberland mountain, near Cumberland
Gap ; thence northeastwardly along the top or highest part of the said ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"... and running on the wall of the store northeastwardly one foot and three ...
that it was three feet and six inches northeastwardly from the point of ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1900)
"... all resulting in the fact that the general rule in this species was that the
curving was at nightfall northeastwardly; at 6.30 AM, erect; at noon, ..."
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