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Adjective: southwestward  `sawth'west-wurd [N. Amer], `sawth'west-wûd [Brit]
  1. Toward the southwest
Noun: southwestward  `sawth'west-wurd [N. Amer], `sawth'west-wûd [Brit]
  1. The compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees
    - southwest, sou'-west, SW
Adverb: southwestward  `sawth'west-wurd [N. Amer], `sawth'west-wûd [Brit]
  1. In a southwestward direction
    - southwestwardly

Derived forms: southwestwards

See also: south

Type of: compass point, point