adj
Meaning 1
situated in, or pointing to, the southeast
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Standard Lemma guide
southeasterly
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adj
Meaning 2
coming from the southeast
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adv
Meaning 3
From the southeast.
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noun
Meaning 4
A strong wind or storm from the southeast.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
situated in or oriented toward the southeast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: southeast, southeastern
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
coming from the southeast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- southeasterly breezes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: southeast
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History
Etymology
From south + easterly.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: zuidoostelijk — situated in, or pointing to, the southeast
- Finnish: kaakkoinen — situated in, or pointing to, the southeast
- Finnish: kaakkois- — situated in, or pointing to, the southeast
- Finnish: kaakosta — coming from the southeast
- Finnish: kaakkois- — coming from the southeast
- French: sud-est — coming from the southeast
- Māori: i te tonga-mā-rāwhiti — coming from the southeast
- Dutch: zuidoostelijk — from the southeast
- Finnish: kaakossa — from the southeast
- Finnish: kaakosta — from the southeast
- Finnish: kaakkoon — from the southeast
- Finnish: voimakas kaakkoistuuli — wind or storm
- Finnish: kaakkoismyrsky — wind or storm
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