I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.
Source: tatoeba (1172053)
Southerly
//ˈsʌðəliː//
Synonyms for "southerly" (55 found)
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Related words (27)
Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Adverb(2 words)
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34 translations across 11 languages.
Belarusian
3 entries- паўднёвы adj (coming from the south)
- паўднёвы adj (facing the south)
- паўднёвы adj (located towards the south)
Bulgarian
3 entries- гледащ на юг adj (facing the south)
- южен adj (coming from the south)
- южен вятър noun (wind blowing from the south)
Esperanto
1 entries- suda adj (located towards the south)
Finnish
4 entries- eteläinen adj (coming from the south)
- etelänpuoleinen adj (facing the south)
- etelänpuoleinen adj (located towards the south)
- eteläpuolinen adj (facing the south)
Irish
2 entries- deas adv (towards the south)
- ó dheas adv (towards the south)
Japanese
1 entries- 南風 noun (wind blowing from the south)
Macedonian
3 entries- развигор noun (wind blowing from the south)
- развигора noun (wind blowing from the south)
- развигорец noun (wind blowing from the south)
Māori
4 entries- tonga adj (coming from the south)
- hautonga noun (wind blowing from the south)
- kōtonga noun (wind blowing from the south)
- māwake noun (wind blowing from the south)
Old Norse
1 entries- sunnan adv (from the south)
Russian
4 entries- ю́жный adj (coming from the south)
- ю́жный adj (facing the south)
- ю́жный adj (located towards the south)
- ю́жный ве́тер noun (wind blowing from the south)
Swedish
3 entries- sydlig adj (located towards the south)
- sunnan noun (wind blowing from the south)
- sunnanvind noun (wind blowing from the south)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The constellation Scorpio is hard to observe because of its southerly position from Central Europe.
Source: tatoeba (5588186)
Only Diego Garcia, the largest and most southerly of the islands, is inhabited.
Source: tatoeba (8905184)
a southerly voyage
Source: wiktionary
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