Adjective : a north-northwest wind. ,a north-northwest course.    From Dictionary.com. 

Adverb : sailing north-northwest.    From Dictionary.com. 

(As an aside, one fun feature of NNW is that it shows all edits that have been made.    From Wordnik.com.  [Corrections, links, and RSS « BuzzMachine] Reference

Jonat deVrai, NNW 445, Aspen Circle, off Gateway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flash] Reference

NNW like I said, old argument, I'm not going into it.    From Wordnik.com.  [WICCAN THOUGHT FOR THE DAY?] Reference

H/T NNW and written with tongue firmly planted in cheek.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sandy Crux: Douchebag.] Reference

I have 142 feeds in NNW, and NewsAlloy only imported 83 of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [NewsAlloy Reader = Fast] Reference

The Cabul river passes to the NNW., and Lalpoor lies to the north.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference

In NNW, the text is displayed as bright red with red line-throughs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scripting News for 9/23/2006 « Scripting News Annex] Reference

Current report on the weather channel, winds NNW at 24 mph, gusting to 36.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thursday no-roadkill report] Reference

It may be that the online companion to NNW, NewsGator, does something similar.    From Wordnik.com.  [RSS, BBC and Edits — Slaw] Reference

I have a lot of sympathy with NNW comments, those sort of things happen where I work.    From Wordnik.com.  [[incentives] or one size fits all] Reference

This lies in a SSE. and NNW. direction and is a rocky bottom, having 60 to 70 fathoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine] Reference

When the plane was about 17 miles NNW of Dong Hoi, it failed to make a progress check.    From Wordnik.com.  [O'Donnell, Samuel Jr.] Reference

With NNW, Newsgator fills that hole, and in swoop enhances the value of Newsgator Online.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsgator Buys FeedDemon] Reference

Walk NNW along the Lincoln Park Golf Course paths to overlook the gate from the west side.    From Wordnik.com.  [The San Francisco meetup.] Reference

I use NNW for reading feeds, though, and the Bloglines integration leaves something to be desired.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsgator posts roadmap for the future of RSS] Reference

Will look at new NNW on th. iPhone when that comes out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Subtraction.com] Reference

Jet emission will be seen in F675W extending to the NNW.    From Wordnik.com.  [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference

The other is located 2.5 km NNW of the existing platform.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Engineer - News] Reference

Looks like they really took the crown jewel out with NNW.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Theater Forum] Reference

NNW wind between 8 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coastsider] Reference

NNW wind between 8 and 18 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coastsider] Reference

The most frequent wind direction during September was the NNW.    From Wordnik.com.  [MaltaMedia.com] Reference

The ship at A finds the light bearing NNW 2 points off her bow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lectures in Navigation] Reference

I adore NNW on my Mac and using its iPad counterpart feels like home.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyAppleMenu] Reference

Tropical Storm #Colin is 966 miles SE of Raleigh, moving NNW at 14 mph.    From Wordnik.com.  [WRAL.com Top Stories] Reference

Haiti aren't near the top of NNW because there is nothing to slam PMSH.    From Wordnik.com.  [Comments for Jack's Newswatch] Reference

Not that there are many, but NNW on the iPad is very much in its element.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyAppleMenu] Reference

Tropical Storm #Hermine is 1336 miles SW of Raleigh, moving NNW at 13 mph.    From Wordnik.com.  [WRAL.com Top Stories] Reference

Their course was NNW, they sailed under sealed orders, their port was Death.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edge of the Jungle] Reference

I'm curious what exactly happened to your Google Reader data when you ran NNW.    From Wordnik.com.  [Subtraction.com] Reference

I would have been in the same boat you are, with this difference-I saw that NNW was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Subtraction.com] Reference

More to the point though: shouldn't NNW go beyond just leaving it in the hands of users?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Subtraction.com] Reference

NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu 515 km (320 miles) NNW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu 2010 km.    From Wordnik.com.  [Read what Young Americans Read] Reference

The weather was pretty good, wind at NNW. a fresh gale, and we soon came to speak with her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe] Reference

This whole thing had started last year when BK was running over everyone in the NNW series.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Sports - Top News] Reference

Most lazy we must have looked as we sailed off to the fishing ground with a light fair wind, NNW.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Poor Man's House] Reference

The 5th Battle Squadron, who had conformed to our movements, were now bearing NNW., 10,000 yards.    From Wordnik.com.  [World's War Events, Vol. II] Reference