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adj. - Away from the southwest.

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  • I manoeuvred the heavy horsebox carefully through the small village and set off northeastwards on the road over the Downs, retracing the way I had come from London.
  • The lunar shadow will fall in the Algerian Sahara at 0640 GMT before flitting northeastwards.
  • The cyclonic storm over North Bay moved slightly northeastwards and now lies over the same area.
  • The little finger represents the Keweenaw Peninsula, jutting out northeastwards into Lake Superior.
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