southwards

See also: Southwards

English

Etymology

From south +‎ -wards.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

southwards (not comparable)

1. In a southerly direction; towards the south.
   • 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:

     On the journey southwards over the flat, fertile plains, paddy fields stretched away on each side of the line, and the landscape was broken only by wooden villages and stately pagodas.

Related terms

• southward