English edit

Etymology edit

northern +‎ -ly

Adjective edit

northernly (comparative more northernly, superlative most northernly)

  1. Northerly.
    • 1904, Indianapolis (Indiana), The General Ordinances of the City of Indianapolis, page 242:
      [] thence in a northernly direction in the center line of West street to the center line of Fifteenth street, produced west; thence with the center line  []