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southerly

noun
/ˈsʌðəliː/UK/ˈsʌðɚli/CA/ˈsɐðəliː/

Etymology

From souther + -ly.

  1. inherited from *sóh₂wl̥✻ — “sun”
  2. inherited from *sunþrą✻ — “south”
  3. inherited from *sunþr✻ — “southern”
  4. inherited from sūþ
  5. inherited from south
  6. suffixed as souther — “south + er”
  7. formed as southerly — “souther + -ly”

Definitions

  1. A wind blowing from the south.

  2. Facing the south

    Facing the south; directed towards the south.

    • a southerly voyage

  3. Located towards or in the south.

    • The islands of Jyuguang Township (莒光鄉; Jǔguāng xiāng), Dongju (東莒; Dōngjǔ; Tongchu) and Xiju (西莒; Xījǔ; Hsichu), are the most southerly of Matsu’s islands. Both are remote and sparsely inhabited, but there's some pretty scenery.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Coming from the south.

      • Warm, moist air was brought by southerly winds

    2. In a southward direction or position

      In a southward direction or position; (towards the) south.

    3. From the south.

The neighborhood

Derived

southerliness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at southerly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at southerly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at southerly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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