Northerly

4 definitions found

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) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "northerly":
     N, antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, east, eastbound, easterly,
     eastermost, eastern, easternmost, hyperborean, meridional, north,
     north about, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern,
     northern, northernmost, northward, northwardly, northwards,
     northwest, northwesterly, northwestern, norward, occidental,
     oriental, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly,
     southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southwest,
     southwesterly, southwestern, west, westbound, westerly, western,
     westernmost