1
[ adjective ] coming from the northeast

Synonyms

northeast

Examples

"northeasterly winds"

Related terms

north

2
[ adjective ] situated in or oriented toward the northeast

Synonyms

northeast northeastern

Examples

"the northeasterly part of the island"

Related terms

north

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Rhymes with

easterly northwesterly masterly westerly bitterly eagerly utterly leisurely surly painterly early quarterly soberly quarterly kimberley gingerly entirely linearly southerly pearly tenderly burly neighborly painterly similarly improperly disorderly miserly elderly orderly overly peculiarly weatherly fatherly motherly properly somberly curly brotherly unnaturally northerly irregularly popularly singularly particularly circularly regularly spectacularly cleverly formerly scholarly

Phonetic and Homophones

N AO2 R TH IY1 S T ER0 L IY0

Similar Spelling

northeaster northeastern northwesterly northeastwardly north-east northwester northeastward north-west northwestern North_Star north_side north_channel

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