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southerly
[suhth-er-lee]
adjective
toward the south.
a southerly course.
(especially of a wind) coming from the south.
a gentle southerly breeze.
noun
plural
southerliesa wind that blows from the south.
southerly
/ ˈʌðəɪ /
adjective
of, relating to, or situated in the south
adverb
towards or in the direction of the south
from the south
a southerly wind
noun
a wind from the south
Other Word Forms
- southerliness noun
- ˈdzܳٳԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of southerly1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
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.
The line comprises nine dashes which extends hundreds of miles south and east from its most southerly province of Hainan.
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