adj
Meaning 1
Facing the south; directed towards the south.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a southerly voyage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
southerly
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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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌðəliː/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈsʌðɚli/
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Australian: /ˈsɐðəliː/
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New-Zealand: /ˈsɐðɘliː/
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CMU ARPABET: S AH1 DH ER0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Located towards or in the south.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Coming from the south.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Warm, moist air was brought by southerly winds
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
In a southward direction or position; (towards the) south.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 5
From the south.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A wind blowing from the south.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
from the south; used especially of wind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a hot southerly wind
- southern breezes
- the winds are southerly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: southern
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
situated in or oriented toward the south
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a southern exposure
- took a southerly course
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: southern
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 9
from the south
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a wind blew southerly
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 10
toward the south
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the ship turned southerly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: southward, southwards
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
a wind from the south
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: south wind, souther
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wind, air current, current of air
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English souther Middle English -ly English -ly English southerly From souther + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: паўднёвы (pawdnjóvy) — coming from the south
- Bulgarian: южен (južen) — coming from the south
- Finnish: eteläinen — coming from the south
- Finnish: etelästä tuleva — coming from the south
- Māori: tonga — coming from the south
- Russian: ю́жный (júžnyj) — coming from the south
- Belarusian: паўднёвы (pawdnjóvy) — facing the south
- Bulgarian: гледащ на юг (gledašt na jug) — facing the south
- Finnish: etelänpuoleinen — facing the south
- Finnish: eteläpuolinen — facing the south
- Russian: ю́жный (júžnyj) — facing the south
- Belarusian: паўднёвы (pawdnjóvy) — located towards the south
- Esperanto: suda — located towards the south
- Finnish: etelänpuoleinen — located towards the south
- Finnish: eteläpuolinen — located towards the south
- Russian: ю́жный (júžnyj) — located towards the south
- Swedish: sydlig — located towards the south
- Irish: deas — towards the south
- Irish: ó dheas — towards the south
- Old Norse: sunnan — from the south
- Bulgarian: южен вятър (južen vjatǎr) — wind blowing from the south
- Finnish: etelätuuli — wind blowing from the south
- Japanese: 南風 (minamikaze) — wind blowing from the south
- Macedonian: развигор (razvigor) — wind blowing from the south
- Macedonian: развигорец (razvigorec) — wind blowing from the south
- Macedonian: развигора (razvigora) — wind blowing from the south
- Māori: tāmāuru — wind blowing from the south
- Māori: kōtonga — wind blowing from the south
- Māori: tonga — wind blowing from the south
- Māori: hautonga — wind blowing from the south
- Māori: māwake — wind blowing from the south
- Russian: ю́жный ве́тер (júžnyj véter) — wind blowing from the south
- Swedish: sunnanvind — wind blowing from the south
- Swedish: sunnan — wind blowing from the south