northerly

English

WOTD – 9 February 2015

Etymology

From norther +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹðɚli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːðəli/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

northerly (plural northerlies)

1. A northerly wind (that is, a northern wind, which blows from the north or northerly).

Synonyms

• boreas, northwind, norther

Antonyms

• auster
• southerly

Translations

wind blowing from the north

• Finnish: pohjoistuuli (fi)
• French: aquilon (fr) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nordavind (no) m

  Nynorsk: nordavind m

• Russian: се́верный ве́тер (ru) m (sévernyj véter)
• Swedish: nordanvind (sv)

Adjective

northerly (comparative more northerly, superlative most northerly)

1. Facing the north; directed towards the north.

   a northerly voyage

   • 1973, Jen Yu-wen, “Second Northern Expedition (1861-1868)”, in The Taiping Revolutionary Movement‎^[1], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 473:

     Those on the northerly route reached Ning-shan on February 16th, were joined there by a surviving group of Shih Ta-k’ai’s expeditionary soldiers under Cheng Chung-ho, and on March 26th converged at Nei-hsiang as planned with Ma Jung-ho’s army from the southerly route. Ch’en Ta-hsi’s Nien army, which had returned to Honan in the spring of 1863, also came to Nei-hsiang soon thereafter, at which point the entire force proceeded to Tsao-yang in Hupeh.

2. Located in a northern region.
   • 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 47:

     But I'm here to follow the less well-trodden route up to the most northerly point of the British mainland, which has its own scenic claim to make.

3. Coming from the north.

   a northerly wind

   • 1956 September, F. F. Nicholls, “Neyland, A Forgotten Harbour”, in Railway Magazine, page 632:

     Now they were faced with the problem of a northerly blow, which could soon send a heavy swell clean into the bay.

   • 2021 December 15, Stefanie Foster, “Network News: Arwen causes cancellations and speed restrictions”, in RAIL, number 946, page 10:

     Over November 26-27, Storm Arwen brought northerly winds of up to 100 mph and snow in some parts of the UK.

Synonyms

• northly

Derived terms

• northerliness

Translations

from/to the north

• Belarusian: паўно́чны m (pawnóčny)
• Esperanto: norda
• Finnish: pohjoisenpuoleinen, pohjoinen (fi)
• Greek: βόρειος (el) (vóreios)
• Irish: aduaidh (from the north)
• Russian: се́верный (ru) m (sévernyj)
• Swedish: nordlig (sv)
• Ukrainian: півні́чний (uk) m (pivníčnyj)

Adverb

northerly (comparative more northerly, superlative most northerly)

1. In an northward direction or position; (towards the) north.
2. From the north.

Synonyms

• northly

Translations

from the north

• Esperanto: norde
• Old Norse: norðan