dictionary definitions for "northerly"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Northerly \North"er*ly\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the
     north; northern.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Northerly \North"er*ly\, adv.
     Toward the north.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  northerly
      adv 1: in a northern direction; "they earn more up north";
             "Let's go north!" [syn: north, northerly,
             northwards, northward]
      adj 1: situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern
             suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction" [syn:
             northerly, northern]
      2: coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north
         wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are
         northerly" [syn: northerly, northern]
      n 1: a wind that blows from the north [syn: north wind,
           northerly, norther, boreas]


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