NORTHERLY


Meaning of NORTHERLY in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.