south-ˈeastward, adv., n., and a.
[f. south-east + -ward.]
A. adv. In a south-easterly direction; towards the south-east.
| 1528 in Froude Hist. Eng. (1856) II. 63 Master Garret..fled in a tawny coat south-eastward. 1591 G. Fletcher Russ. Commw. 65 b, The Chrim Tartar..that lieth South, and Southeastward from Russia. 1725 De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 230 Most of those rivers ran rather south⁓eastward than northward. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VI. 584 The strata sink with a very regular inclination Eastward or South-Eastward. 1896 Baden-Powell Matabele Campaign xiv, Making its own way, south-eastward towards the Belingwe district. |
B. n. The south-east quarter or direction.
| 1555 Eden Decades (Arb.) 381 To the Southeastwarde, lyeth a hed lande. Ibid., To the southeastwarde of that rocke. 1820 Scoresby Acc. Arc. Reg. II. 345 They had rowed many hours to the south-eastward. 1860 Merc. Marine Mag. VII. 172 Some others to the south-eastward are quite out of the way. 1884 Bedford Sailor's Handbk. 146 Vessels..would do well to stand boldly to the south⁓eastward with these winds. |
C. adj. Situated towards or leading to the south-east.
| 1766 Entick London IV. 60 The arms of London [are] on the south-eastward pillar. 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. (ed. 3) I. 550 In a southeastward direction. |
So south-ˈeastwards adv.
| 1879 Geikie in Encycl. Brit. X. 366/1 They [sc. striæ] run..eastwards or south-eastwards across the lower grounds of Sweden. 1897 M. Kingsley W. Africa 407 The Ogowé's chief affluent..cuts through it again from Samba south-eastwards. |