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Southerly Very Common

Southerly has 8 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Adverb

Definitions
Noun
1

a wind from the south

2

A wind blowing from the south.

Adjective
1

situated in or oriented toward the south

"a southern exposure"

"took a southerly course"

2

from the south; used especially of wind

"a hot southerly wind"

"southern breezes"

"the winds are southerly"

3

coming from the south.

Adverb
1

toward the south

"the ship turned southerly"

2

from the south

"a wind blew southerly"

3

In a southward direction or position; (towards the) south.

Example Sentences
"a southern exposure" adjective
"took a southerly course" adjective
"a hot southerly wind" adjective
"southern breezes" adjective
"the winds are southerly" adjective
"the ship turned southerly" adverb
"a wind blew southerly" adverb
See Also
southern ostro southwards sirocco southward south
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
wind
Rhyming Words
orly burly curly carly hurly karly parly surly wurly early marly airly girly whirly quirly nearly fairly uberly charly knurly
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