Definition of "southward"

southward

/ˈsaʊθwəd/

noun
plural not attested
1. The direction or area lying to the south of a place.
  Quotations
  100 leagues to the southward
  1596, Walter Raleigh, The Discovery of Guiana
adjective
comparative more southward, superlative most southward
1. Situated or directed towards the south; moving or facing towards the south.
adverb
comparative more southward, superlative most southward
1. Towards the south; in a southerly direction.
  Quotations
  As the remnants retreated northward to Pengyang (平壤 Pʻing-jang), war was declared and a Chinese contingent from Manchuria went southward to that place.
  1943, Chao-ying Fang, “SUNG Chʻing [宋慶]”, in Arthur W. Hummel, editor, Eminent Chinese of the Chʻing Period (1644-1912)‎, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, published 1970, page 687, column 2