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northeasterly

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north·east·er·ly  (nôrth-str-l, nôr--)
adj.
1. Situated toward the northeast.
2. Coming or being from the northeast.
north·easter·ly adv.
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Adj.1.northeasterly - coming from the northeast; "northeasterly winds"
northeast
north - situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico"
2.northeasterly - situated in or oriented toward the northeast; "the northeasterly part of the island"
northeast, northeastern
north - situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico"
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From where I stood I counted no less than a dozen streams winding down from among the table-buttes and emptying into a pretty river which flowed away in a northeasterly direction toward the op-posite end of the island.
Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
For two days the yellow cog ran swiftly before a northeasterly wind, and on the dawn of the third the high land of Ushant lay like a mist upon the shimmering sky-line.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
They had but to start, which they did on the 21st of December, at eight o'clock at night, the corvette meeting with a beautiful sea, a northeasterly wind, and rather sharp cold.
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