From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Geographynorthwardsnorth‧wards /ˈnɔːθwədz $ ˈnɔːrθwərdz/ (also northward) adverbTTSGtowards the northWe sailed northwards. —northward adjectivethe northward journeyExamples from the Corpusnorthwards• The next morning we set off northwards.• The second army, led by Magnus himself, marched to Kislev hoping to reprovision at the capital before continuing northwards.• Fermanagh the Carboniferoussedimentsthinnorthwards against the land mass from which they were derived.• They saw him and kicked their horsesforward so Sharpe turned his tiredmarenorthwards, and spurred her into a gallop.• We carried on walking northwards following sheeptracks through the heather and rockoutcrops.• The next three miles of pathwaynorthwards from Mosedale to Swindale are the least dramatic of the circuit.• As the war moved northwards, there was greater pressure on the hospital and our convalescent homes.• Further north along Ermine Street, another road branchednorthwards to follow the proposedalignment of King Street skirting the fenedge.