Adjective northerly has 2 senses
- northerly, northern - situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction"
Antonym: south (indirect, via north)
- northerly, northern - coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly"
Antonym: south (indirect, via north)
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Adverbial northerly has 1 sense
- north, to the north, in the north, northerly, northwards, northward - in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!"
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