SOUTHERLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does southerly mean?
• SOUTHERLY (noun)
The noun SOUTHERLY has 1 sense:
1. a wind from the south
Familiarity information: SOUTHERLY used as a noun is very rare.
• SOUTHERLY (adjective)
The adjective SOUTHERLY has 2 senses:
1. situated in or oriented toward the south
2. from the south; used especially of wind
Familiarity information: SOUTHERLY used as an adjective is rare.
• SOUTHERLY (adverb)
The adverb SOUTHERLY has 2 senses:
1. toward the south
2. from the south
Familiarity information: SOUTHERLY used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SOUTHERLY (noun)
Meaning:
A wind from the south
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
south wind; souther; southerly
Hypernyms ("southerly" is a kind of...):
air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)
• SOUTHERLY (adjective)
Meaning:
Situated in or oriented toward the south
Synonyms:
southerly; southern
Context examples:
a southern exposure / took a southerly course
Similar:
south (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south)
Meaning:
From the south; used especially of wind
Synonyms:
southerly; southern
Context examples:
a hot southerly wind / southern breezes / the winds are southerly
Similar:
south (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south)
• SOUTHERLY (adverb)
Meaning:
Toward the south
Context example:
the ship turned southerly
Meaning:
From the south
Context example:
a wind blew southerly
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