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southerly

[suhth-er-lee]

adjective

  1. toward the south.

    a southerly course.

  2. (especially of a wind) coming from the south.

    a gentle southerly breeze.



noun

plural

southerlies 
  1. a wind that blows from the south.

southerly

/ ˈʌðəɪ /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or situated in the south

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. towards or in the direction of the south

  2. from the south

    a southerly wind

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a wind from the south

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • southerliness noun
  • ˈdzܳٳԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of southerly1

1545–55; south + -erly ( easterly )
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Example Sentences

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With cloud cover in the afternoon and thunderstorms moving on southerly wind, it will be hot and humid with the cloudiness limiting the daytime heating.

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The UK is currently caught in a weather battle zone between high pressure to the east and low pressure to the west, with southerly winds send increasingly humid air across the country.

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This is when the Moon reaches the extremes of its orbit around the Earth, rising and setting at its most northerly and southerly positions on the horizon.

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The suspects, aged 24, 26 and 27, and widely identified in Japanese media as being Chinese nationals, were detained on Amami, a southerly island where the spiral-shelled crustaceans are a protected species.

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The line comprises nine dashes which extends hundreds of miles south and east from its most southerly province of Hainan.

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