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southwards

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south·ward  (southwrd, srd)
adv. & adj.
Toward, to, or in the south.
n.
A southward direction, point, or region.
southward·ly adv. & adj.
southwards adv.
southwards [ˈsaʊθwədz (Nautical) ˈsʌðədz], southward
adv
towards the south
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Adv.1.southwards - toward the south; "the ship turned southerly"
southerly, southward
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No possible endeavor then could enable her commander to make the great passage southwards, double Cape Horn, and then running down sixty degrees of latitude arrive in the equatorial Pacific in time to cruise there.
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Four sons I have and a nephew away yonder," he added, waving his hand southwards.
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Over the Tarn and the Garonne, through the vast quagmires of Armagnac, past the swift-flowing Losse, and so down the long valley of the Adour, there was many a long league to be crossed ere they could join themselves to that dark war-cloud which was drifting slowly southwards to the line of the snowy peaks, beyond which the banner of England had never yet been seen.
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