southerly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsʌðəliː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsʌðɚli/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsɐðəliː/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsɐðɘliː/
Noun[edit]
southerly (plural southerlies)
- A wind blowing from the south.
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Translations[edit]
wind blowing from the south
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Adjective[edit]
southerly (comparative more southerly, superlative most southerly)
- Facing the south; directed towards the south.
- a southerly voyage
- Located towards or in the south.
- 2017 May, Piera Chen, Dinah Gardner, “Taiwan's Islands”, in Lonely Planet Taiwan (Lonely Planet)[1], 10th edition (Travel), Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 299[2]:
- The islands of Jyuguang Township (莒光鄉; Jǔguāng xiāng), Dongju (東莒; Dōngjǔ; Tongchu) and Xiju (西莒; Xījǔ; Hsichu), are the most southerly of Matsu’s islands. Both are remote and sparsely inhabited, but there's some pretty scenery.
- Coming from the south.
- Warm, moist air was brought by southerly winds
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Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
coming from the south
facing the south
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located towards the south
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Adverb[edit]
southerly (comparative more southerly, superlative most southerly)
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
from the south
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