southward

alternative south'ard

1. no pluralThe direction or area lying to the south of a place.

   100 leagues to the southward

   1596, Walter Raleigh, The Discovery of Guiana

comparative more southward · superlative most southward · alternative south'ard

1. Situated or directed towards the south; moving or facing towards the south.

comparative more southward · superlative most southward · alternative south'ard

1. Towards the south; in a southerly direction.

   As the remnants retreated northward to Pengyang (平壤 Pʻing-jang), war was declared and a Chinese contingent from Manchuria went southward to that place.

   宋慶

   1943, Fang Chao-ying, “SUNG Chʻing [宋慶]”, in Arthur W. Hummel, editor, Eminent Chinese of the Chʻing Period (1644–1912), Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1970, →OCLC, page 687, column 2

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   In Pisa, where [Galileo] was born, I climbed the worn steps of the tower that has been leaning southward almost from the day it was built in the 13th century.

   1989 May, John Boslough, “Searching for the Secrets of Gravity”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 567

plural Southwards

1. A surname.