the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
<noun.linkdef> [ adv ]
in a northeastward direction
<adv.all> the river flows northeastward to the gulf [ adj ]
toward the northeast
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Northeastward \North`east"ward\, Northeastwardly \North`east"ward*ly\, adv. Toward the northeast.
The storm drove northeastward during the night and a tornado touched down just before dawn in Opp, Ala., damaging more than 40 homes and two businesses, and destroying two mobile homes.