adj
Meaning 1
Facing the north; directed towards the north.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a northerly voyage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
northerly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈnɔɹðɚli/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnɔːðəli/
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adj
Meaning 2
Located in a northern region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Coming from the north.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a northerly wind
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
In an northward direction or position; (towards the) north.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 5
From the north.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A northerly wind (that is, a northern wind, which blows from the north or northerly).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
coming from the north; used especially of wind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the north wind doth blow
- a northern snowstorm
- the winds are northerly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: northern
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
situated in or oriented toward the north
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the northern suburbs
- going in a northerly direction
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: northern
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 9
in a northern direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they earn more up north
- Let's go north!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: north, northwards, northward
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
a wind that blows from the north
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: north wind, norther, boreas
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wind, air current, current of air
Narrower terms: bise, bize, mistral, tramontane, tramontana
History
Etymology
From norther + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: паўно́чны (pawnóčny) — from/to the north
- Esperanto: norda — from/to the north
- Finnish: pohjoisenpuoleinen — from/to the north
- Finnish: pohjoinen — from/to the north
- Greek: βόρειος (vóreios) — from/to the north
- Hindi: उत्तरी (uttarī) — from/to the north
- Irish: aduaidh — from/to the north
- Russian: се́верный (sévernyj) — from/to the north
- Swedish: nordlig — from/to the north
- Ukrainian: півні́чний (pivníčnyj) — from/to the north
- Esperanto: norde — from the north
- Old Norse: norðan — from the north
- Finnish: pohjoistuuli — wind blowing from the north
- French: aquilon — wind blowing from the north
- Norwegian Bokmål: nordavind — wind blowing from the north
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nordavind — wind blowing from the north
- Russian: се́верный ве́тер (sévernyj véter) — wind blowing from the north
- Swedish: nordanvind — wind blowing from the north