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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a wind from the south;
[syn: south wind, souther, southerly]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. situated in or oriented toward the south;
- Example: "a southern exposure"
- Example: "took a southerly course"
[syn: southerly, southern]

2. from the south; used especially of wind;
- Example: "a hot southerly wind"
- Example: "southern breezes"
- Example: "the winds are southerly"
[syn: southerly, southern]


ADVERB (2)

1. toward the south;
- Example: "the ship turned southerly"
[syn: southerly, southward, southwards]

2. from the south;
- Example: "a wind blew southerly"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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