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" (51 found)
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More general
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4 entriesdue southsouth windsoutherly breezesouthward direction
Collocations
6 entriessoutherly breezesoutherly currentsoutherly directionsoutherly exposuresoutherly flowsoutherly wind
Inflections
2 entriesmore southerlymost southerly
Derivations
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
8 translations across 6 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- паўднёвы adj (located towards the south)
Esperanto
1 entries- suda adj (located towards the south)
Finnish
2 entries- etelänpuoleinen adj (located towards the south)
- eteläpuolinen adj (located towards the south)
Irish
2 entries- deas adv (towards the south)
- ó dheas adv (towards the south)
Russian
1 entries- ю́жный adj (located towards the south)
Swedish
1 entries- sydlig adj (located towards 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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