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Meanings of northerly in English
Usage of northerly in English
1
In temperate latitudes the shrubbery predominates, especially in the most northerly parts.
2
Eel River flows about 130 miles northerly and, say, forty miles westerly.
3
Currently a fire is travelling in a northerly direction towards Wilson Road.
4
A strong northerly was blowing ahead of the rain front, he said.
5
Shandon looked in a northerly direction, and shuddered in spite of himself.
6
It bellied away, dim in the night, upon the stiff northerly breeze.
7
We have a fine night, or rather morning; the wind is northerly.
8
Wind: The wind along the coast will be moderate northerly to north-easterly.
9
The northerly breeze died out, and light variable winds baffled the ship.
10
It was the season of rain and sleet, of rude northerly winds.
11
The detective winked and waggled his thumb meaningly in a northerly direction.
12
About a mile off, in a northerly direction, was the broad ocean.
13
Then we entered the Indian Ocean and steered northerly for Java Head.
14
Explosives were seized in a raid in the more northerly Landes region.
15
The more northerly you go, he said, the sterner the man grows.
16
It runs between Yezo, the large northerly island of Japan, and Saghalien.
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Portuguese
Spanish
Northerly through the time
Northerly across language varieties
South Africa
Common
United Kingdom
Rare
United States of America
Rare