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southerly

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south·er·ly  (sr-l)
adj.
1. Situated toward the south.
2. Coming or being from the south: southerly winds.
n. pl. south·er·lies
A storm or wind coming from the south.

souther·ly adv.

southerly
Adjective
of or in the south
Adverb, adj
1. towards the south
2. from the south: light southerly winds
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.southerlysoutherly - a wind from the south                
air current, current of air, wind - air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere"
Adj.1.southerly - situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course"
south - situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south; "the south entrance"
2.southerly - from the south; used especially of wind; "a hot southerly wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly"
south - situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south; "the south entrance"
Adv.1.southerly - toward the south; "the ship turned southerly"
2.southerly - from the south; "a wind blew southerly"
Translations
southerly [ˈsʌðəlɪ] adjsur (= from the south); del sur
southerly [ˈsʌðəlɪ] adjdu sud; au sud
southerly [ˈsʌðəlɪ] south adjsüdlich;
(wind) → aus südlicher Richtung
southerly [ˈsʌðəlɪ] adjdel sud


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Of all that Napoleon might have done: wintering in Moscow, advancing on Petersburg or on Nizhni-Novgorod, or retiring by a more northerly or more southerly route (say by the road Kutuzov afterwards took), nothing more stupid or disastrous can be imagined than what he actually did.
Days, weeks passed, and under easy sail, the ivory Pequod had slowly swept across four several cruising-grounds; that off the Azores; off the Cape de Verdes; on the Plate (so called), being off the mouth of the Rio de la Plata; and the Carrol Ground, an unstaked, watery locality, southerly from St.
It was in 1862 that, in spite of the Southern Members of Congress, who wished a more southerly route, it was decided to lay the road between the forty-first and forty-second parallels.
 
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