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SOUTHWESTWARD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees

Synonyms:

sou'-west; southwest; southwestward; SW

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("southwestward" is a kind of...):

compass point; point (any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Toward the southwest

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

south (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south)

 III. (adverb) 

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Meaning:

In a southwestward direction

Synonyms:

southwestward; southwestwardly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

southwestward (toward the southwest)

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