Northerly synonyms

nôr'thər-lē

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boreal
Of, relating to, or coming from the north.
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northern
Designating or of a dialect of American English spoken in New England; N.Y.; N N.J. and Pa.; the N counties of Ohio, Ind., Ill., Iowa, and S.Dak.; and Mich., Wis., Minn., and N.Dak.
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polar
Of a pole or poles
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arctic (related)
Of or pertaining to the Arctic.
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north (related)
Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
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northwards
in a northern direction
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northward
in a northern direction
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north-wind
A wind blowing from the north.
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norther
A storm or strong wind from the north; esp., a cold wind in the area of or about the Gulf of Mexico or of the Southwestern plains
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boreas
(Greek mythology) The god of the North Wind.
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southerly (related)
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westerly (related)
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easterly (related)
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north-westerly (related)
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south-westerly (related)
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southwesterly (related)
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south-easterly (related)
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southernly (related)
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northwesterly (related)
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  • His primary object was to prove that the world was built after the same shape and fashion as the Ark made by the Children of Israel in the desert; but he was able to show that the Malay Peninsula had to be rounded and thereafter a course steered in a northerly direction if China was to be reached.

  • The river Makona takes a much more northerly course than had been estimated.

  • Pytheas, whose own narrative is not preserved, coasted the Bay of Biscay, sailed up the English Channel and followed the coast of Britain to its most northerly point.

  • Owing to its northerly position a large part of Ungava is treeless, and belongs to the barren grounds where caribou roam and feed on the socalled caribou moss, a greyish lichen.

  • Taking a northerly course, it quits the mountains at Immenstadt, and, flowing by Kempten, from which point it is navigable for rafts, forms for some distance the boundary between Bavaria and Wurttemberg, and eventually strikes the Danube (right bank) just above Ulm.

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