northerly

English

WOTD – 9 February 2015

From norther +‎ -ly.^[1]^[2]

northerly (plural northerlies)

A northerly wind (that is, a northern wind, which blows from the north or northerly).

wind blowing from the north

northerly (comparative more northerly, superlative most northerly)

Facing the north; directed towards the north.
a northerly voyage
- 1973, Jen Yu-wen, “Second Northern Expedition (1861-1868)”, in The Taiping Revolutionary Movement‎^[1], Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 473:
  Those on the northerly route reached Ning-shan on February 16th, were joined there by a surviving group of Shih Ta-k’ai’s expeditionary soldiers under Cheng Chung-ho, and on March 26th converged at Nei-hsiang as planned with Ma Jung-ho’s army from the southerly route. Ch’en Ta-hsi’s Nien army, which had returned to Honan in the spring of 1863, also came to Nei-hsiang soon thereafter, at which point the entire force proceeded to Tsao-yang in Hupeh.
Located in a northern region.
- 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 47:
  But I'm here to follow the less well-trodden route up to the most northerly point of the British mainland, which has its own scenic claim to make.
Coming from the north.
a northerly wind
- 2021 December 15, Stefanie Foster, “Network News: Arwen causes cancellations and speed restrictions”, in RAIL, number 946, page 10:
  Over November 26-27, Storm Arwen brought northerly winds of up to 100 mph and snow in some parts of the UK.

from/to the north

northerly (comparative more northerly, superlative most northerly)

from the north