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NORTHERLY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A wind that blows from the northplay

Synonyms:

boreas; north wind; norther; northerly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("northerly" is a kind of...):

air current; current of air; wind (air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "northerly"):

bise; bize (a dry cold north wind in southeastern France)

mistral (a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter)

tramontana; tramontane (a cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Coming from the north; used especially of windplay

Example:

the winds are northerly

Synonyms:

northerly; northern

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)

Derivation:

norther (a wind that blows from the north)

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Meaning:

Situated in or oriented toward the northplay

Example:

going in a northerly direction

Synonyms:

northerly; northern

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)

 III. (adverb) 

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Meaning:

In a northern directionplay

Example:

Let's go north!

Synonyms:

north; northerly; northward; northwards

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

northerly (situated in or oriented toward the north)

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