Southerly

4 definitions found

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

  Southerly \South"er*ly\ (?; 277), a.
     Southern.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  South southerly \South` south"er*ly\ (Zool.)
     the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called
     also {southerly}, and {southerland}. See under {Old}.
     [1913 Webster] Southward

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  southerly
       adj 1: situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern
              exposure"; "took a southerly course" [syn: {southern}]
       2: from the south; used especially of wind; "a hot south wind";
          "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly" [syn: {southern}]
       n : a wind from the south [syn: {south wind}, {souther}]
       adv 1: toward the south; "the ship turned southerly"
       2: from the south; "a wind blew southerly"

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

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