Southerly

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Situated toward the south.
  • adj. Coming or being from the south: southerly winds.
  • n. A storm or wind coming from the south.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A wind blowing from the south.
  • adj. coming from the south.
  • adj. Facing the south; directed towards the south.
  • adj. Located towards the south
  • ad. In a southward direction or position; towards the south.
  • ad. From the south.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Southern.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Lying in the south or in a direction nearly south: as, a southerly point.
  • Proceeding from the south or a point nearly south.
  • n. Same as south-southerly.
  • Toward the south.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. toward the south
  • adj. situated in or oriented toward the south
  • ad. from the south
  • n. a wind from the south
  • adj. from the south; used especially of wind
  • Equivalent
    south   
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    Southern    auster   
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    brotherly    motherly   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    northerly    easterly    southwest    northwesterly    southeastern    southward    north    southernmost    wintry    seaward