Definition of "north-northwest" []

• The direction or point on the mariner's compass halfway between due north and northwest, or 22°30ʹ west of due north. (noun)
• To, toward, of, facing, or in the north-northwest. (adjective)
• In, from, or toward the north-northwest. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "When the Ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus strikes, an infected ant climbs to a leaf not far off the ground (often on the north-northwest side of a tree), bites in and dies with jaws locked in place."
• "Don was in the central Gulf of Mexico Thursday evening, moving north-northwest at 15 mph with sustained winds of 45 mph."
• "The storm is centered about 130 miles southeast of Bermuda and moving north-northwest near 12 mph."