I. -lē, -li adjective
Etymology: from north (II) , after English east: (II) easterly (I)
1. : situated or directed toward the north : northern
northerly slopes of hills
northerly flight of birds
the color characterizes the peculiar northerly atmosphere — Dorothy Adlow
2. : blowing from the north
the wind's much more northerly — David Beaty
II. adverb
1. : from the north
the wind blew northerly
2. : toward the north
streets running northerly
III. noun
( -es )
: a wind from the north
the morning northerly was making up — G.W.Brace