Adjective southerly has 2 senses
- southerly, southern - situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern exposure"; "took a southerly course"
Antonym: north (indirect, via south)
- southerly, southern - from the south; used especially of wind; "a hot south wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly"
Antonym: north (indirect, via south)
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Adverbial southerly has 2 senses
- southerly - toward the south; "the ship turned southerly"
- southerly - from the south; "a wind blew southerly"
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Noun southerly has 1 sense
- south wind, souther, southerly - a wind from the south
--1 is a kind of wind, air current, current of air
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