northward

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   Towards the north; in a northerly direction.

   When she came, I could see at a glance she was tired and jaded and worried, and so, instead of letting her fret about in the hotel and get into a wearing tangle of gossip, I packed her and two knapsacks up, and started off on a long, refreshing, easy-going walk northward, until a blister on her foot stranded us at the Magenruhe Hotel on the Sneejoch.

2. 2
   adv

   in a northern direction

3. 3
   adj

   moving toward the north

4. 4
   noun

   the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees

5. 5
   noun

   The direction or area lying to the north of a place.

6. 6
   adj

   Situated or directed towards the north; moving or facing towards the north.

Etymology

From north + -ward.