northwards

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northwards

adverb

  1. not comparable northward; in a northerly direction 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.

Opposite: southwards

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Opposite: southwards

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@misc{northwards_2026,
  title = {northwards},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/northwards},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}