Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Situated toward the south.
- adjective Coming or being from the south.
- noun A storm or wind coming from the south.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- noun Same as
south-southerly .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Southern.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A wind blowing from the
south . - adjective coming from the south.
- adjective Facing the south; directed towards the south.
- adjective Located towards the south
- adverb In a
southward direction or position; towards the south. - adverb From the south.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb toward the south
- adjective situated in or oriented toward the south
- adverb from the south
- noun a wind from the south
- adjective from the south; used especially of wind
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Examples
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As of yesterday AM we were experiencing a so called southerly surge, bringing a thick marine layer and good stratus intrusion.
Exponential Growth in Physical Systems #2 « Climate Audit 2007
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The winds known as southerly bursters are generally to be expected from
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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.
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The winds known as southerly bursters are generally to be expected from November to the end of
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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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.
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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.
Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt 1832
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A so-called southerly wind is steering through our town of Sainte Cécile, causing the rain in its path to spray hither and thither.
French Word-A-Day 2009
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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.
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Taking the 'southerly' routes in December is a roll of the dice.
Latest Articles 2009
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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.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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