The Collaborative International Dictionary
Northwardly \North"ward*ly\, a. Having a northern direction.
Northwardly \North"ward*ly\, adv. In a northern direction.
Wiktionary
a. Having a northern direction. adv. northwards, towards the north
Usage examples of "northwardly".
IT will be recollected that the destination of the Boston, when she sailed from Astoria on the 4th of August in 1812, was to proceed northwardly along the coast to Sheetka, or New Archangel, there to dispose of that part of her cargo intended for the supply of the Russian establishment at that place, and then to return to Astoria, where it was expected she would arrive in October.
Northwardly & Southwardly by parallels of latitude so that each state shall comprehend from South to North two degrees of latitude beginning to count from the completion of thirty-one degrees North of the equator, but any territory Northwardly of the 47th.