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Definition of Southerly

1. Noun. A wind from the south.

2. Adjective. Situated in or oriented toward the south. "Took a southerly course"

3. Adverb. Toward the south. "The ship turned southerly"

4. Adjective. From the south; used especially of wind. "The winds are southerly"

5. Adverb. From the south. "A wind blew southerly"

Definition of Southerly

1. a. Southern.

Definition of Southerly

1. Noun. A wind blowing from the south. ¹

2. Adjective. coming from the south. ¹

3. Adjective. Facing the south; directed towards the south. ¹

4. Adjective. Located towards the south ¹

5. Adverb. In a southward direction or position; towards the south. ¹

6. Adverb. From the south. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Southerly

1. [n -LIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Southerly

southeasterly southeastern southeastern pocket gopher southeastern united states southeasters southeasts southeastward southeastwardly southeastwards southed

souther southered southerlies southerliness southerly (current term) southerly buster southern arrow wood southern aster southern beech southern beech fern

southern belle southern belles southern blot southern blue flag southern bog lemming southern bottlenose whale southern bottlenose whales southern buckthorn

Literary usage of Southerly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal by California Legislature. Assembly, California, Legislature (1912)
"... thence northeasterly following along the line dividing Brooklyn and Oakland townships to a point in the southerly boundary line of the city of Piedmont ..."

2. Annual Report by Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission (1891)
"... in Meridian Street Bridge, and is as follows: Commencing at a point on the west side of Chelsea Street Bridge, situated 202 feet southerly from the ..."

3. The New York Red Book (1897)
"14 Beginning at a point where the southerly boundary of tho Plaza Intersects the ... thence along said division line as it now runs t> the southerly Bide of ..."

4. Papers Relating to the Treaty of Washington by United States Dept. of State, Geneva Arbitration Tribunal (1872)
"'а Г The next words in the treaty are: "And thence southerly." The southerly deflection from the forty-ninth parallel is made to avoid cutting Vancouver ..."

5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"... and the downward course of the other limb or side thereof ie in a southerly direction; that there is a continuation upward from the summit of said ..."

6. Records of the Town of Plymouth by Plymouth (Mass.), William Thomas Davis (1889)
"... foot in breadth on the southerly syde below from his laved out ... southerly att the uper end or ther- 1667 abouts as it is now staked and laved out: ..."

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