Southerly Synonyms

sŭthər-lē
From the south; used especially of wind
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. southern
A wind from the south
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. south-wind
  2. souther
Toward the south
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. southward
  2. southwards

Words Related to Southerly

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. westerly
  2. northerly
  3. south-westerly
  4. easterly
  5. north-westerly
  6. southwesterly
  7. south-easterly

Southerly Sentence Examples

  • North-east of Abai are several smaller lakes unconnected with the more southerly system.

  • After traversing North Italy, in a direction first southerly and then easterly, it falls into the Adriatic at Porto Fossone, a few miles north of the mouth of the Po.

  • Its greatest defect is the cold southerly and westerly storms, which cause great losses in cattle and sheep. The Patagonian coast-line and mountainous region are also healthy, having a dry and bracing climate.

  • In the slow process of time they drove them into the most southerly corner of Australia, just as the Saxons drove the Celts into Cornwall and the Welsh hills.

  • With their earliest settlements on the north-north-west coasts, the Dravidians would probably tend to spread out north, north-east and east, and a southerly line of retreat would be the most natural one for the Papuans.'

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