I. -tərlē, -li, - R -təl- sometimes -t ə l- adverb (or adjective)
Etymology: south (II) + easterly, adverb or adjective
1. : from the southeast
southeasterly gale
2. : toward the southeast
held a southeasterly course
II. noun
Etymology: south (II) + easterly, n.
: a wind from the southeast
it doesn't take one of those southeasterlies long to come up — Norman Lewis