Southwards

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Definitions

Adverb

1
In a southerly direction; towards the south. not-comparable
"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."

Adverb

1
toward the south wordnet

Proper Noun

1
plural of Southward form-of, plural

Synonyms

south southerly southward

Antonyms

Example

"I told Yaroslav that I took the train southwards from Cairo to Aswan, Egypt."

Etymology

From south + -wards.

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