Northerly

//ˈnɔɹðɚli//

"Northerly" in a Sentence (11 examples)

This is Algeria's most northerly place.

An icy northerly wind is blowing.

There's an icy northerly wind blowing.

A cold northerly wind is blowing.

The North Pole is Earth's most northerly point.

a northerly voyage

Those on the northerly route reached Ning-shan on February 16th, were joined there by a surviving group of Shih Ta-k’ai’s expeditionary soldiers under Cheng Chung-ho, and on March 26th converged at Nei-hsiang as planned with Ma Jung-ho’s army from the southerly route. Ch’en Ta-hsi’s Nien army, which had returned to Honan in the spring of 1863, also came to Nei-hsiang soon thereafter, at which point the entire force proceeded to Tsao-yang in Hupeh.

But I'm here to follow the less well-trodden route up to the most northerly point of the British mainland, which has its own scenic claim to make.

a northerly wind

Now they were faced with the problem of a northerly blow, which could soon send a heavy swell clean into the bay.

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Over November 26-27, Storm Arwen brought northerly winds of up to 100 mph and snow in some parts of the UK.

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