'Northerly' definitions:
Definition of 'northerly'
From: WordNet
adverb
In a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!" [syn: north, northerly, northwards, northward]
adjective
Situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction" [syn: northerly, northern]
adjective
Coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly" [syn: northerly, northern]
noun
Definition of 'Northerly'
From: GCIDE
- Northerly \North"er*ly\, a. Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Northerly'
From: GCIDE
- Northerly \North"er*ly\, adv. Toward the north. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'northerly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antarctic,
- arctic,
- austral,
- boreal,
- east,
- eastbound,
- easterly,
- eastermost,
- eastern,
- easternmost,
- hyperborean,
- meridional,
- N,
- north,
- north about,
- northbound,
- northeast,
- northeasterly,
- northeastern,
- northern,
- northernmost,
- northward,
- northwardly,
- northwards,
- northwest,
- northwesterly,
- northwestern,
- norward,
- occidental,
- oriental,
- south,
- southbound,
- southeast,
- southeasterly,
- southeastern,
- southerly,
- southern,
- southernmost,
- southwest,
- southwesterly,
- southwestern,
- west,
- westbound,
- westerly,
- western,
- westernmost