Southerly

Word SOUTHERLY
Character 9
Hyphenation south er ly
Pronunciations /ˈsɐðəliː/

Definitions and meanings of "Southerly"

What do we mean by southerly?

Situated toward the south. adjective

Coming or being from the south. adjective

A storm or wind coming from the south. noun

Toward the south.

Lying in the south or in a direction nearly south: as, a southerly point.

Proceeding from the south or a point nearly south.

Same as south-southerly. noun

Southern. adjective

A wind blowing from the south. noun

Coming from the south. adjective

Facing the south; directed towards the south. adjective

Located towards the south adjective

In a southward direction or position; towards the south. adverb

From the south. adverb

Toward the south adverb

Situated in or oriented toward the south adjective

From the south adverb

A wind from the south noun

From the south; used especially of wind adjective

A wind blowing from the south.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Southerly

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The word "southerly" in example sentences

As of yesterday AM we were experiencing a so called southerly surge, bringing a thick marine layer and good stratus intrusion. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The winds known as southerly bursters are generally to be expected from ❋ Unknown (2004)

We remained nearly an hour beside our beneficent fountain, then took the route for Senegal; that is, a southerly direction, for we did not know exactly where that country lay. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

The winds known as southerly bursters are generally to be expected from November to the end of ❋ Philip E. Muskett (N/A)

We remained nearly an hour beside our beneficent fountain then took the route for Senegal; that is, a southerly direction, for we did not know exactly where that country lay. ❋ Pierre Raymond De Brisson (N/A)

The breakers rise to the height of fifteen or eighteen feet before they burst in one unbroken line as far as the eye can see, and as the southerly is the most prevailing wind on that part of the Australian coast, it is only during the summer season, and after several days of northerly wind that the sea subsides, and the roar of breakers ceases for a time. ❋ Charles Sturt (1832)

A so-called southerly wind is steering through our town of Sainte Cécile, causing the rain in its path to spray hither and thither. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The British contention was that the wording of the Treaty provided first, that the channel should separate the mainland from Vancouver Island; second, that the boundary should go through it in a "southerly" direction; and third, that it should be navigable. ❋ Unknown (1911)

Taking the 'southerly' routes in December is a roll of the dice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I found served me for a sail, and a southerly breeze fanned me across the Straits and up to the ruins of Vallejo. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Panama is the most southerly Central American nation, located between Costa Rica to the north and Columbia to the south. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tomorrow Night: The southerly flow and some cloudiness make for a mild evening with overnight lows 50-55 (suburbs-city). ❋ Jason Samenow (2010)

This is the London Eye on the southerly bank of the Thames, as seen from near the Houses of Parliament. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the 1814 plan there was no hope to reconquer the United States, but with a British army firmly ensconced in the interior of New York, amid what the British yet again assumed was a sympathetic population, the Americans might have to concede a more southerly border for the Canadian provinces, if not in New York, then perhaps in Maine. ❋ Col. Matthew Moten (2011)

For two nights I travelled in a generally southerly direction and met no one. ❋ Unknown (2010)

According to Bedouin legend, “Allah took a handful of southerly wind, blew his breath over it, and created the horse.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

– Looking at them, I too felt rising up within me the desire and presentiment of things foreign and southerly, and the lure of long voyages. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As the county route nears the eastern edge of the parkway, it continues in a more southerly direction along Pinewald Road. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Route 9, which passes through the northeastern portion of the borough, extending in a northwest/southeast direction until it intersects Atlantic City Boulevard, where it extends in a more southerly direction along Atlantic City Boulevard to the southern edge of the borough. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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