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southerly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun southerly has 1 sense
- southerly(n = noun.phenomenon) south wind, souther - a wind from the south; Array is a kind of air current, current of air, wind
Adjective southerly has 2 senses
- southerly(s = adj.all) southern - situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course"
- southerly(s = adj.all) southern - from the south; used especially of wind; "a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly" Derived form noun souther1
Adverbial southerly has 2 senses
- southerly(r = adv.all) southward, southwards - toward the south; "the ship turned southerly"
- southerly(r = adv.all) Array - from the south; "a wind blew southerly"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
southerly, adj., adv., & n.
--adj. & adv.
1 in a southern position or direction.
2 (of a wind) blowing from the south.
--n. (pl. -ies) a southerly wind.
--adj. & adv.
1 in a southern position or direction.
2 (of a wind) blowing from the south.
--n. (pl. -ies) a southerly wind.
THESAURUS
southerly
antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, hyperborean, meridional, north, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northern, northernmost, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern, occidental, oriental, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southern, southernmost, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmost
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