southeasterly

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Aggregate wind speed, as in "5 knots southeasterly" vs. the speed of sound in that vicinity, which would still be ~340 m/s

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Quick take

coming from the southeast; "southeasterly breezes"

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adjective

coming from the southeast; "southeasterly breezes"

adjective

situated in or oriented toward the southeast

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for southeasterly.

adjective

coming from the southeast; "southeasterly breezes"

adjective

situated in or oriented toward the southeast

Example sentences

Aggregate wind speed, as in "5 knots southeasterly" vs. the speed of sound in that vicinity, which would still be ~340 m/s

If you follow Dongchuan Road to the eastern end it already looks pretty rural, and randomly taking smaller roads from there in a southeasterly direction should lead you to your first rice field soon. That's less than 5 km away from the Microsoft campus.

For example, I don't remember the tribes name, but I recently learned one of the southeasterly Germanic tribes who claimed to be the oldest of the Germanic tribes also said they came from Scythia! I tend to think of the Yamna and Corded Ware a lot when considering this question.