northerlyadjective
uk/ˈnɔː.ðəl.i/us/ˈnɔːr.ðɚ.li/towards or in the north:
They walked in a northerly direction across the desert.
There are plans to build a hotel on the most northerly point of the island.
northerly wind
a wind that comes from the north
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Points of the compass
- compass reading
- E, e
- east
- easterly
- eastward
- geomagnetic pole
- N, n
- northeastern
- northeastward
- northern
- northernmost
- northwestern
- northwestward
- southeastern
- southern
- southernmost
- southward
- southwestern
- true north
- western
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Wind & winds
northerlynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈnɔː.ðəl.i/us/ˈnɔːr.ðɚ.li/a wind that comes from the north
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Wind & winds
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- breeze
- choppy
- drafty
- draught
- dust devil
- El Niño
- eolian
- hurricane
- jet stream
- northeast
- prevailing
- southeasterly
- southerly
- the Beaufort scale
- tornado
- wind gauge
- windsock
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