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Meaning of southerly

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

  southerly
      adv 1: toward the south; "the ship turned southerly" [syn:
             {southerly}, {southward}, {southwards}]
      2: from the south; "a wind blew southerly"
      adj 1: situated in or oriented toward the south; "a southern
             exposure"; "took a southerly course" [syn: {southerly},
             {southern}]
      2: from the south; used especially of wind; "a hot southerly
         wind"; "southern breezes"; "the winds are southerly" [syn:
         {southerly}, {southern}]
      n 1: a wind from the south [syn: {south wind}, {souther},
           {southerly}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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