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How to pronounce northwestward in English?

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Synonyms nor'-west, northwest, nw
Type of compass point, point
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Synonyms northwestwardly
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Examples of northwestward

northwestward
However, it became a tropical storm late July 15 as it moved west-northwestward.
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Isabel turned west-northwestward on 7 September and intensified into a hurricane.
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Well-defined steering currents resulted in a general west-northwestward movement.
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It moved northwestward at first before turning to the northeast on October 19.
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Moving west-northwestward, Agnes became a typhoon on the morning of August 29.
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Named Vera, it intensified into a typhoon the next day as it tracked northwestward.
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It moved slowly northwestward, and became extratropical on August 14 over Kentucky.
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In the meantime, the Province of Ontario was enlarged northwestward in 1882.
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By September 21 it had turned northward before assuming a more northwestward course.
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More examples
  • In a northwestward direction
  • Northwest: the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees