northwards

English

Etymology

From north +‎ -wards.

Adverb

northwards (not comparable)

  1. northward; in a northerly direction
    • 1957 July, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 459:
      In 1903, I had adventured, for the first time, northwards, and it really was the North, as my objective was the Great North of Scotland Railway.

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