A Topical Dictionary: Search for southerly

Dictionary Results For "southerly" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Noun

A wind blowing from the south.

Adjective

southerly

Facing the south; directed towards the south.
Located towards the south

Derived terms

southerliness

Adverb

southerly

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

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Southerly \South"er*ly\ (?; 277), a.
Southern.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English South southerly \South` south"er*ly\ (Zool.)
the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called
also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.
[1913 Webster] Southward

WordNet southerly
adj 1: situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern
exposure"; "took a southerly course" [syn: southern]
2: from the south; used especially of wind; "a hot south wind";
"southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly" [syn: southern]
n : a wind from the south [syn: south wind, souther]
adv 1: toward the south; "the ship turned southerly"
2: from the south; "a wind blew southerly"

Moby Dictionary
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