northerlinessn.
/ˈnɔːðəlɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈnɔrðərlinᵻs/ rare before 20th cent.
The condition or quality of being northerly.
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1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Septentrionality, northerliness.
1935 Jrnl. Ecol. 23 142 It is further remembered that southerliness and northerliness, not easterliness and westerliness, determine distribution.
1941 O. Sitwell Open Door 34 He suited, for all his northerliness, the tropics, as a snake suits the burning ground over which it darts.
1994 Equinox June 41/2 If, as Canadians, we are indeed defined by our northerliness, this is as Canadian as it gets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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