Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as northward.

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  • adverb northward; in a northerly direction

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  • adverb in a northern direction

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Examples

  • Arabia, to any particular province, but assigned generally to the comparatively low grounds towards the coast; and the Bedouins extend this appellation northwards as far as Yembo.

    Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

  • For the last years great part of the export gas is supplied to northwards, that is, to Russia which re-exports it to Europe and CIS.

    unknown title 2009

  • Some: Tell es-Safîyeh; others: a valley near Maresa; others, with Sept. "northwards".

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • "Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,

    Bloomberg 2010

  • "Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,

    Bloomberg 2010

  • "Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,

    Bloomberg 2010

  • "Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,

    Bloomberg 2010

  • "Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,

    Bloomberg 2010

  • "Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,

    Bloomberg 2010

  • "Today's snowstorm for the mid-Atlantic has shifted northwards, meaning the that the maximum of 4 to 8 inches of snow from this storm will pass north of snow-weary Philadelphia,

    Bloomberg 2010

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