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Meanings of southerly direction in English

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Usage of southerly direction in English
1
He quickly followed in their track, still going in a southerly direction.
New National Fourth Reader
2
The point for which we are bound is in a southerly direction.
Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir / And Other Stories for Boys and Girl...
3
A little runabout car passed his cab, coming from a southerly direction.
Dope
4
Winds will remain strong throughout, but still coming from a mild southerly direction.
The Irish Times
5
The expedition, running in a southerly direction, first visited the West India islands.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
6
He had traversed a distance of about sixty miles in a southerly direction.
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures
7
They were now traversing an undulating country and going in a southerly direction.
A Boy's Ride
8
Richard and the three Einsteins continued down the path in a southerly direction.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
9
Our course lay over a great glacier, which ran in a southerly direction.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition...
10
The chamber extended in a southerly direction, and narrowed at the extreme opposite end.
The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Islands
11
Penrose had taken a southerly direction toward the Canadian River.
An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody)
12
Much of our way lay along a flat, sandy level, in a southerly direction.
Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches
13
The cordons here, generally speaking, have a southerly direction, running parallel to each other.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) / A Record of Five Years' Explor...
14
The trail led up the west branch of Trout creek and in a southerly direction.
Reminiscences of a Pioneer
15
As the season progressed and they continued in their southerly direction, the days grew warmer.
The Land of Painted Caves
16
From thence the western fence ran in a southerly direction, nearly straight to the river.
Harry Heathcote of Gangoil: A Tale of Australian Bush-Life
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Southerly direction through the time
Southerly direction across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common