Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Situated toward the northeast.
- adjective Coming or being from the northeast.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Going toward or coming from the northeast, or the general direction of northeast: as, a northeasterly course; a northeasterly wind.
- Toward or from the northeast, or a general northeast direction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast.
- adverb Toward the northeast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
situated in, orpointing towards thenortheast - adjective of a wind, etc.
coming from the northeast
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective coming from the northeast
- adjective situated in or oriented toward the northeast
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Examples
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I do sense the winds are starting to shift a little bit more maybe northeasterly, meaning that the storm is getting a little bit closer to us.
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A hawk that fit the description of a juvenile light-morph broad-winged hawk sat for an hour on the most northeasterly branch of the most easterly tree on the island.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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A hawk that fit the description of a juvenile light-morph broad-winged hawk sat for an hour on the most northeasterly branch of the most easterly tree on the island.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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A hawk that fit the description of a juvenile light-morph broad-winged hawk sat for an hour on the most northeasterly branch of the most easterly tree on the island.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The alternative scenario is that much colder weather with winds mainly from an easterly or northeasterly quarter, will prevail well into February, bringing widespread frosts and snow to some areas.
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The scroll is unfurled from the coffin in a northeasterly direction, so that the priest may walk the soul along it in the proper direction.
Mystical Art From a 'Lost' World Lawrence Osborne 2011
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A hawk that fit the description of a juvenile light-morph broad-winged hawk sat for an hour on the most northeasterly branch of the most easterly tree on the island.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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"The decision is based on the safety risks to crews and passengers as a result of the drift south of the volcanic ash cloud caused by the northeasterly winds," the statement said.
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Irish meteorologist Evelyn Cusack said winds were expected to resume their typical northeasterly direction, pushing ash into the Arctic and away from Europe's airports.
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"The decision is based on the safety risks to crews and passengers as a result of the drift south of the volcanic ash cloud caused by the northeasterly winds," the statement said.
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