Definition of northerly

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1	[ adjective ] situated in or oriented toward the north Synonyms northern Examples "the northern suburbs" "going in a northerly direction" Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...) In 1819 grasshoppers again destroyed the crop at `` the Forks '' ( Fort_Douglas ) and in December 1819 , twenty men left Fort_Daer for the most northerly American outpost at Prairie_du_Chien . Related terms north
2	[ adverb ] in a northern direction Synonyms North north to_the_north northward northwards in_the_north Examples "they earn more up North" "Let's go north!"
3	[ adjective ] coming from the north; used especially of wind Synonyms northern Examples "the north wind doth blow" "a northern snowstorm" "the winds are northerly" Related terms north
*	Rhymes with orderly disorderly quarterly formerly quarterly brotherly fatherly southerly motherly weatherly unnaturally early somberly masterly neighborly elderly improperly overly tenderly properly entirely eagerly utterly linearly peculiarly gingerly soberly northwesterly irregularly leisurely popularly easterly particularly painterly singularly circularly bitterly scholarly regularly miserly spectacularly kimberley cleverly painterly westerly curly pearly burly surly northeasterly similarly Phonetic and Homophones N AO1 R DH ER0 L IY0 Similar Spelling norther Northerner Northern Northern_Spy northernness northernmost northward northwards To share this definition click "text" (Facebook, Twitter) or "link" (blog, mail) then paste text link
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