[
US
/ˈnɔɹðɝɫi/
]
[ UK /nˈɔːðəli/ ]
[ UK /nˈɔːðəli/ ]
NOUN
- a wind that blows from the north
ADJECTIVE
-
coming from the north; used especially of wind
the north wind doth blow
a northern snowstorm
the winds are northerly -
situated in or oriented toward the north
going in a northerly direction
the northern suburbs
ADVERB
-
in a northern direction
they earn more up north
Let's go north!
How To Use northerly In A Sentence
- The northerly breeze may bring one or two light showers to northern and eastern coastal counties. Times, Sunday Times
- The enemy ships made a clumsy tack northerly, not expecting to see Indefatigable in their path.
- Forecasters predicted another week of cold temperatures and icy, northerly winds. Times, Sunday Times
- This pattern meant winds from a cool northerly direction kept temperatures lower than average. Times, Sunday Times
- Since Friday it has turned colder, with bitter northerly winds feeding in sleet and snow showers. Times, Sunday Times
- Northerly weather can bring cold conditions with snow and sleet in the winter, and cool, showery rain in the summer, particularly along the Eastern edge of Britain.
- Forecasters predicted another week of cold temperatures and icy, northerly winds. Times, Sunday Times
- As the hurricane itself passes through, what we seem to now be getting is the wind almost blowing from the west to east, and then in a northerly direction, which is just the opposite of what we've been getting up to now.
- Mineralization at the Haldane property is controlled by northerly trending structures, and consists of galena, sphalerite and tetrahedrite - tennantite in quart-siderite gangue. Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
- Snow slurries were expected to leave the region shivering today, with the promise of raw northerly winds, possibly gale force, blowing into tomorrow.