I. -lē, -li adjective
Etymology: from south (II) , after English east (II) : easterly (I)
1. : situated or directed toward the south
ordered a southerly course — C.S.Forester
: southern
there was a crack in its southerly wall — Earl Hamner
2. : blowing from the south
a southerly wind
II. adverb
1. : from the south
the wind blew southerly
2. : toward the south
turned southerly
III. noun
( -es )
: a wind from the south
the southerly came in with flood tide — G.W.Brace