southwards
adverb/ˈsaʊθwərdz/
Frequency rank: #19,064 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
toward or in the direction of the south.
Example sentence
The birds migrate southwards every autumn to escape the cold winter months.
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