[1585–95; southern + -ly]This word is first recorded in the period 1585–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: corridor, filament, parallax, sine, switch-ly is a suffix forming adverbs from adjectives. Other words that use the affix -ly include: deeply, elliptically, residually
Examples of 'southernly' in a sentence
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I wish them every success and a safe trip to the most southernly point on earth.