Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Toward the southeast: Moving or facing in the direction of the southeast.
   • From the southeast: Coming from the direction of the southeast.

2. Adverb:

   • In a southeastward direction: Describes movement or orientation toward the southeast.

3. Noun:

   • The compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees: The precise direction on a compass, also known as the southeast.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • We continued on a southeastward course. (We continued moving toward the southeast.)
  • A southeastward wind brought warm, moist air. (A wind coming from the southeast brought the air.)

• Adverb:

  • The migrating birds flew southeastward. (The birds flew in a direction toward the southeast.)
  • The highway extends southeastward from the city. (The highway goes in a southeastward direction from the city.)

• Noun:

  • The ship set its bearing to southeastward. (The ship set its course to the compass point of 135 degrees.)
  • The storm is located to the southeastward of the island. (The storm is positioned in the southeast direction from the island.)

Advanced Usage

• "To lie southeastward": To be positioned or oriented in a southeast direction.
  • The mountain range lies southeastward of the capital. (The mountain range is situated toward the southeast from the capital.)

Variants and Related Words

• Southeastwardly (adverb): An alternative form meaning "in a southeastward direction."

  • The valley slopes southeastwardly. (The valley slopes toward the southeast.)

• Southeastwards (adverb): A less common variant synonymous with "southeastward" as an adverb.

  • They traveled southeastwards for days. (They traveled toward the southeast for days.)

Synonyms

• Southeasterly: Often used interchangeably, especially for winds coming from the southeast. As an adjective, it can also mean "toward the southeast."
• Southeast: Can function as a noun (the direction), adjective (), or adverb ().

Related Phrases

• To the southeastward of: A formal or nautical phrase meaning "in a direction southeast from."
  • The fleet was sighted to the southeastward of the cape. (The fleet was seen in a southeast direction from the cape.)

Adjective

1. toward the southeast

Adverb

1. in a southeastward direction
   • the river flows southeastward to the gulf

Noun

1. the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees