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Princeton's WordNet
north, northerly, northwards, northwardadverb
in a northern direction
"they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!"
Wiktionary
northwardsadverb
northward; in a northerly direction
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Northward, Northwardsadverb
Towards the north.
Etymology: north and weard , Saxon.
Mislike me not for my complexion,
The shadow’d livery of the burnish’d sun.
Bring me the fairest creature northward born,
Where Phœbus’ fire scarce thaws the icicles,
And prove whose blood is reddest. William Shakespeare.Going northward aloof, as long as they had any doubt of being pursued, at last they crossed the ocean to Spain. Francis Bacon.
Northward beyond the mountains we will go,
Where rocks lie cover’d with eternal snow. Dryden.A close prisoner in a room, twenty foot square, being at the north side of his chamber, is at liberty to walk twenty foot southward, not walk twenty foot northward. John Locke.
ChatGPT
northwards
Northwards refers to the direction pointing towards the North. It may also refer to moving or situated in or towards the north.
Webster Dictionary
Northwardsadverb
toward the north, or toward a point nearer to the north than to the east or west point
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of northwards in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of northwards in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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