Usually means: Direction toward the south pole.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word southwards:

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  1. southwards: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. southwards: Merriam-Webster
  3. southwards: Collins English Dictionary
  4. southwards: Vocabulary.com
  5. Southwards, southwards: Wordnik
  6. southwards: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Southwards, southwards: Wiktionary
  8. southwards: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. southwards: Dictionary.com
  10. southwards: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. southwards: FreeDictionary.org
  12. southwards: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. southwards: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. Southwards: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. Southwards: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. southwards: Rhymezone

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  1. southwards: Encyclopedia

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▸ adverb:  In a southerly direction; towards the south.

Similar:
southerly, south-southeastwards, southwardly, south-southwestwards, south, south-southwest, southeast, northwards, southernly, southwest, more...

Types:
south, southerly, southernmost, more...

Adjectives:
further, long, extended, more, great, russian, little, northern, japanese, advanced, due

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Similar:
southerly, south-southeastwards, southwardly, south-southwestwards, south, south-southwest, southeast, northwards, southernly, southwest, more...

Types:
south, southerly, southernmost, more...

Adjectives:
further, long, extended, more, great, russian, little, northern, japanese, advanced, due



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