northerly

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This can also be tough to do if you live in a very northerly or southerly latitude.

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Quick take

a wind that blows from the north

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of northerly gathered in one view.

noun

a wind that blows from the north

adjective

situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction"

adjective

coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for northerly.

noun

a wind that blows from the north

adjective

situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction"

adjective

coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly"

adverb

in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!"

Example sentences

This can also be tough to do if you live in a very northerly or southerly latitude.

From China to Europe is likely quicker from a more northerly canal, I'd guess by looking at maps.

"But in fact, we know that grapes were grown at more northerly areas in the British Isles in warmer historical times.

Rockets without a payload are lighter and have greater range so you can attack more northerly targets - for example Tel Aviv.

There's a lot more money and traffic in cocaine from down south than in marijuana, which is bulky and grows perfectly well in more northerly climes.

Some of the crops would shift to more northerly latitudes, although Canada is a major crop producer currently.

Most of the population here does not live on/near permafrost, despite that map. However, if you do happen to go to Fairbanks or some more northerly hellhole, you'll find all the buildings are built on stilts, elevated a few feet off the ground.

In winter, in the more northerly latitudes, being outside is not sufficient, because of the angle at which the sun ray hit, the skin cannot make vitamin D.

It is the sort of problem that will be incrementally solved as the technology matures, Telsa themselves will learn from their more northerly deployments.

-- [3]> The Continent's richer, more northerly countries, great emitters of carbon and producers of wealth, barely contributed ships or aircraft to Frontex [4], and they processed a relative trickle of African asylum seekers.

It has a different heritage, history, demographic, income distribution, and in fact California's southern border is pretty close in terms of latitude to Louisiana's northern border, while its northerly border is similar to Pennsylvania's northern border.>Former Confederate states vs. everyone else?Probably.