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▪ I. ˈnorthernly, a. Now rare. [f. northern a. + -ly1.] = northerly a.
1574Newton Health of Mag. 25 In winter and beginninge of the Springe, and Northernly seasons. 1594Blundevil Exerc. iii. ii. viii. (1636) 387 By taking his said declination, because it is Northernly, out of his Meridian altitude. 1632Lithgow Trav. iii. 94 Storme-sted with Northernely winds. 1658W. Burton Itin. Anton. 37 The frequent inrodes of the more Northernly Britains, called the Picts. 1703J. Savage Lett. Antients xxxix. 101 You have travell'd from the more Northernly Nations, even to our Region. 1893Academy 25 Nov. 467/2 In Yezo, a northernly island of Japan. ▪ II. † ˈnorthernly, adv. Obs. [f. as prec. + -ly2.] 1. = northerly adv.
1576Newton Lemnie's Complex. (1633) 208 Among honest substantiall Traffiquers, and namely, of those that dwell Northernly. 1594Blundevil Exerc. vi. xxx. 639 Every degree of any of the Southerne signes riseth Southernly, and not Northernly. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage 60 These [constellations] Northernely are seene. 1652Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Hist. Relat. 87 Islands..which are seated so far Northernly. 1679Oates Narr. Popish Plot 48 If the wind blew northernly. 2. In a north country dialect or accent.
1579E. K. Gloss. Spenser's Sheph. Cal. May 177 The Gate, the Gote: Northernely spoken. 1632Brome North. Lass ii. i, And sings, and speaks so pretty Northernly they say. |