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Meaning of northerly

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  northerly
      adv 1: in a northern direction; "they earn more up north";
             "Let's go north!" [syn: {north}, {northerly},
             {northwards}, {northward}]
      adj 1: situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern
             suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction" [syn:
             {northerly}, {northern}]
      2: coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north
         wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are
         northerly" [syn: {northerly}, {northern}]
      n 1: a wind that blows from the north [syn: {north wind},
           {northerly}, {norther}, {boreas}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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