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Definition of Southwards
1. Adverb. Toward the south. "The ship turned southerly"
Definition of Southwards
1. Adverb. In a south direction ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Southwards
1. southward [n] - See also: southward
Lexicographical Neighbors of Southwards
Literary usage of Southwards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"... to hold the passes and prevent Teias from marching southwards Teias to the
assistance of his brother. With much skill, south- however, Teias contrived, ..."
2. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1885)
"... into Tuscany to hold the passes and prevent Teias from marching southwards to
the assistance of hk Tei»» brother. With much skill, however, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The negro tribes along the Guinea Coast southwards into the Kongo and for some
distance eastward eat human flesh as food. It is treated just as other races ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"... when he started on his journey southwards, furnished with letters from the tsar.
He travelled entirely by water, down the Moscow river to Kolomna, ..."
5. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"But Charles, partly from a horror of retreating, partly because of an urgent
summons from Mazepa, resolved to proceed southwards instead of northwards, ..."
6. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"But Charles, partly from a horror of retreating, partly because of an urgent
summons from Mazepa, resolved to proceed southwards instead of northwards, ..."
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