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southeasterly

adj

Etymology

From south + easterly.

  1. derived from *wósr̥✻ — “spring”
  2. derived from *h₂ews-✻ — “dawn; east”
  3. inherited from *Austrǭ✻
  4. inherited from *Austrā✻
  5. inherited from ēastre
  6. inherited from Ester
  7. suffixed as easterly — “easter + ly”
  8. compounded as southeasterly — “south + easterly”

Definitions

  1. situated in, or pointing to, the southeast

    • 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.

  2. coming from the southeast

  3. A strong wind or storm from the southeast.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. From the southeast.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA