southwardly
Heading toward equator
Southwardly means toward the south, or from a southerly direction.
The word functions as both adjective and adverb: a southwardly course, The ship sailed southwardly.
It's a somewhat formal or nautical variant of southward, adding the -ly suffix without changing the essential meaning.
Device showing cardinal directions
- bearingPosture or orientation
- coursePlanned path forward
- headingDirectional course traveled
- trajectoryPath of moving object
route · navigation · orientation · latitude · meridian · hemisphere · equator · tropic
Travel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- trekArduous overland journey
- safariWildlife observation journey
excursion · passage · adventure · exploration · quest · pioneering · trailblazing · frontier
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
trajectory · route · navigation · orientation · latitude · meridian · hemisphere · equator · tropic · wayfinding
journey
Travel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- trekArduous overland journey
safari · excursion · passage · adventure · exploration · quest · pioneering · trailblazing · frontier · uncharted
birds
Egg-laying flying vertebrates
storks · butterflies · whales · humpback · caribou · wildebeest · zebra · elephants · salmon · turtles
tropical
Of hot, humid regions
sunshine · humid · sultry · monsoon · savanna · equatorial · mild · seasonal · weather · thaw
southwardlynorthwardly
Toward the pole star
northward · northerly · northwards · north-facing · poleward
- southward migrationMovement toward the equator