The southeasterly wind blew over the water.
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Southeasterly
Synonyms for "southeasterly" (27 found)
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Noun(2 words)
east-southeasteast-southeast wind
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5 entriessoutheasterly breezesoutheasterly galesoutheasterly gustsoutheasterly gustssoutheasterly wind
Collocations
10 entriessoutheasterly airflowsoutheasterly breezesoutheasterly directionsoutheasterly forecastsoutheasterly gustsoutheasterly gustssoutheasterly tracksoutheasterly windsoutheasterly wind speedstrong southeasterly winds
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The people of the southeasterly clusters—concerning whom, however, but little is known—have a bad name as cannibals; and for that reason their hospitality is seldom taxed by the mariner.
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