6.95 relative direction

Adverbs can be used to indicate direction in relation to the particular position of the person or thing you are talking about.

• Go north from Leicester Square up Wardour Street.
• Don't look down.
• ...the part of the engine that was spinning around.
• Mrs James gave a little cry and hurried on.
• The wave of hot air knocked her backwards.
• He turned left and began strolling slowly down the street.

They can also indicate the direction in which someone or something is facing in relation to the front of the place they are in.

• The seats face forward.

The following adverbs are used to indicate direction of this sort:

ahead, along, back, backward, backwards, forward, forwards, left, on, onward, right, sideways, --- , anti-clockwise, around, clockwise, down, downward, downwards, east, eastward, eastwards, north, northward, northwards, north-east, north-west, south, southward, southwards, south-east, south-west, round, up, upward, upwards, west, westward, westwards