south-easterlyadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌsaʊθˈiːstəli/, U.S.

/ˌsaʊθˈistərli/

Forms: see south adv., adj., n., and prep. and easterly adj.² and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: south adj., easterly adj.²

Etymology: < south adj. + easterly adj.², after south-east n.

A. adj.

1. Of a wind or current: blowing or running from the south-east.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > from specific point of compass

southeOE

northeOE

northerneOE

easternOE

southernOE

south-easternOE

north-easternOE

westernOE

south-westernOE

southena1325

north-east1379

east-north-easta1398

east-south-easta1398

north-north-easta1398

north-westa1398

south-southeasta1398

south-westc1400

south-easta1425

nor'-westa1500

south-southwesta1522

north-westera1525

northerlya1544

southerly1550

south-southeast?1560

south-easterly1577

north-north-west1601

subprincipal1601

southernly1610

north-westerly1611

easternly1614

northernly1632

westwardly1653

northwardly1654

north-easterly1686

southwardly1693

southwesterly1703

eastling1725

south-southeasterly1803

westland1818

south-southwesterly1822

north-western1829

north-north-easterly1831

southwesterly1883

nor-nor-east1891

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. iii. f. 69^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Swale..meeteth with sundrye other rylles in one botome, whereof the northwesterley is called Cawdebec: the south Easterly Kebecke.

1678 R. Hooke Lect. & Coll. 5 The South-easterly wind..had partly carried off, and partly dissolved the black thick Clouds.

1716 London Gaz. No. 5478/3 The Wind continues South-Easterly.

1786 T. Baldwin Airopaidia xxxxix. 208 The Air..of a dry parching nature, like the South Easterly Winds which I have felt in the great Desert of Africa.

1884 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Handbk. iii. 192 From October to May..a south-easterly current is experienced.

1945 E. Bennett-Bremner Front-line Airline x. 65 Making due allowance for south-easterly winds to the inter-tropical front which lies on the thermal equator.

1969 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (1970) v. 153 The south-easterly gale increases from its first warning blasts at the end of the last dog-watch to a great roaring current of air.

2004 D. Pugh Changing Sea Levels vi. 146 Sea levels in the Rio de la Plata, between Argentina and Uruguay, are often influenced by strong southeasterly winds.

2. Directed or moving towards the south-east; situated in the south-east.

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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > South-east > [adjective]

south-eastOE

south-eastern1577

south-easterly1600

sunny-east1633

south-east1705

southeastwardly1705

south-eastward1749

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [adjective] > flowing in specific direction

westering1747

outsetting1763

western1814

head1829

south-easterly1883

1600 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 246 We were fallen with the Islands of the West Indies, keeping a more Southeasterly course then was needefull.

a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1657) iv. 37 In the South-Easterliest point of Ireland is the Cape of Greenore.

1747 W. Douglass Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. I. ii. 43 The River Oronoque..is the South Easterly Boundary of the Spanish Settlements.

1841 E. Hitchcock Final Rep. Geol. Mass. I. i. 11 The fact that the roches moutonnées are rounded only upon their northwestern side, shows that the force which has produced these effects had a southeasterly direction.

1883 Cent. Mag. Jan. 386/2 Now, however, the great flood, turning less abruptly, takes a south-easterly course.

1931 D. G. Mackail Square Circle viii. 285 He..let himself out into the street, and crossed it in a south-easterly direction, and so arrived on the opposite pavement.

1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air 63 Several square miles of this southeasterly portion of Brulé was given over to peat bogs.

2005 Pilot Oct. 122/2 We greased onto Inishmore's south-easterly runway almost directly into wind.

B. n.

A wind blowing from the south-east.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > south-east

south-east1440

south-easter1774

south-easterly1859

1859 U.S. Service Mag. Dec. 571 A temporary south-easterly was stopped and overpowered by a north-westerly torrent of (polar) air.

1910 F. Palmer Danbury Rodd i. 16 The south-easterly was running high and not strong.

1958 Washington Post 23 Mar. a9/7 Under the most common wind conditions—19-knot southeasterlies—temperature variations between the surface and 50 feet above amount to only 3 degrees at most.

2003 F. Capp That Oceanic Feeling viii. 261 Even if a south-easterly was blowing and the surf was small enough, the one-hour lull between the ingoing and outgoing tides might occur too early or too late in the day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

south-easterlyadv.

Brit.

/ˌsaʊθˈiːstəli/, U.S.

/ˌsaʊθˈistərli/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: south-easterly adj.

Etymology: < south-easterly adj., after easterly adv.

In a south-easterly direction; towards the south-east.

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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > South-east > [adverb]

south-eastOE

south-eastward1528

south-east1548

south-easterly1600

south-eastwardsa1650

southeastwardly1706

1600 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 213 We went all along the coast that runneth East and West, and somewhat Southeasterly which is all enuironed about with Islands and drie sands.

1724 J. Kelly Mod. Navigator's Compl. Tutor ii. iii. 108 A Ship..sails South Easterly till her Departure be 127 Miles.

1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 9 The noise and shakes of the earthquake..seemed..to come from the north-westward, and to go off south-easterly.

1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 275/2 The course should be east,..then south-easterly across the north-east trade.

1890 Cent. Mag. Feb. 590/1 The route..led him Southeasterly along the river.

1937 Massachusetts: Guide to Places & People (Federal Writers' Project) i. 12 The uplands slope southeasterly toward the Connecticut River Valley.

1972 N. R. Peirce Deep South States Amer. (1974) 78 The sugar cane fields that stretch like a great sea from the center of the state southeasterly toward New Orleans and the Gulf.

2005 D. Grimaldi & M. S. Engel Evol. of Insects xiv. 644/1 Moving southeasterly the islands become progressively larger, higher, and younger.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	south-easterly
释义	south-easterlyadj.n. Brit. /ˌsaʊθˈiːstəli/, U.S. /ˌsaʊθˈistərli/ Forms: see south adv., adj., n., and prep. and easterly adj.² and n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: south adj., easterly adj.² Etymology: < south adj. + easterly adj.², after south-east n. A. adj. 1. Of a wind or current: blowing or running from the south-east. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > from specific point of compass southeOE northeOE northerneOE easternOE southernOE south-easternOE north-easternOE westernOE south-westernOE southena1325 north-east1379 east-north-easta1398 east-south-easta1398 north-north-easta1398 north-westa1398 south-southeasta1398 south-westc1400 south-easta1425 nor'-westa1500 south-southwesta1522 north-westera1525 northerlya1544 southerly1550 south-southeast?1560 south-easterly1577 north-north-west1601 subprincipal1601 southernly1610 north-westerly1611 easternly1614 northernly1632 westwardly1653 northwardly1654 north-easterly1686 southwardly1693 southwesterly1703 eastling1725 south-southeasterly1803 westland1818 south-southwesterly1822 north-western1829 north-north-easterly1831 southwesterly1883 nor-nor-east1891 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. iii. f. 69^v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I The Swale..meeteth with sundrye other rylles in one botome, whereof the northwesterley is called Cawdebec: the south Easterly Kebecke. 1678 R. Hooke Lect. & Coll. 5 The South-easterly wind..had partly carried off, and partly dissolved the black thick Clouds. 1716 London Gaz. No. 5478/3 The Wind continues South-Easterly. 1786 T. Baldwin Airopaidia xxxxix. 208 The Air..of a dry parching nature, like the South Easterly Winds which I have felt in the great Desert of Africa. 1884 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Handbk. iii. 192 From October to May..a south-easterly current is experienced. 1945 E. Bennett-Bremner Front-line Airline x. 65 Making due allowance for south-easterly winds to the inter-tropical front which lies on the thermal equator. 1969 P. O'Brian Master & Commander (1970) v. 153 The south-easterly gale increases from its first warning blasts at the end of the last dog-watch to a great roaring current of air. 2004 D. Pugh Changing Sea Levels vi. 146 Sea levels in the Rio de la Plata, between Argentina and Uruguay, are often influenced by strong southeasterly winds. 2. Directed or moving towards the south-east; situated in the south-east. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > South-east > [adjective] south-eastOE south-eastern1577 south-easterly1600 sunny-east1633 south-east1705 southeastwardly1705 south-eastward1749 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [adjective] > flowing in specific direction westering1747 outsetting1763 western1814 head1829 south-easterly1883 1600 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 246 We were fallen with the Islands of the West Indies, keeping a more Southeasterly course then was needefull. a1650 G. Boate Irelands Nat. Hist. (1657) iv. 37 In the South-Easterliest point of Ireland is the Cape of Greenore. 1747 W. Douglass Summary State Brit. Settlements N.-Amer. I. ii. 43 The River Oronoque..is the South Easterly Boundary of the Spanish Settlements. 1841 E. Hitchcock Final Rep. Geol. Mass. I. i. 11 The fact that the roches moutonnées are rounded only upon their northwestern side, shows that the force which has produced these effects had a southeasterly direction. 1883 Cent. Mag. Jan. 386/2 Now, however, the great flood, turning less abruptly, takes a south-easterly course. 1931 D. G. Mackail Square Circle viii. 285 He..let himself out into the street, and crossed it in a south-easterly direction, and so arrived on the opposite pavement. 1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air 63 Several square miles of this southeasterly portion of Brulé was given over to peat bogs. 2005 Pilot Oct. 122/2 We greased onto Inishmore's south-easterly runway almost directly into wind. B. n. A wind blowing from the south-east. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > south-east south-east1440 south-easter1774 south-easterly1859 1859 U.S. Service Mag. Dec. 571 A temporary south-easterly was stopped and overpowered by a north-westerly torrent of (polar) air. 1910 F. Palmer Danbury Rodd i. 16 The south-easterly was running high and not strong. 1958 Washington Post 23 Mar. a9/7 Under the most common wind conditions—19-knot southeasterlies—temperature variations between the surface and 50 feet above amount to only 3 degrees at most. 2003 F. Capp That Oceanic Feeling viii. 261 Even if a south-easterly was blowing and the surf was small enough, the one-hour lull between the ingoing and outgoing tides might occur too early or too late in the day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). south-easterlyadv. Brit. /ˌsaʊθˈiːstəli/, U.S. /ˌsaʊθˈistərli/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: south-easterly adj. Etymology: < south-easterly adj., after easterly adv. In a south-easterly direction; towards the south-east. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > South-east > [adverb] south-eastOE south-eastward1528 south-east1548 south-easterly1600 south-eastwardsa1650 southeastwardly1706 1600 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 213 We went all along the coast that runneth East and West, and somewhat Southeasterly which is all enuironed about with Islands and drie sands. 1724 J. Kelly Mod. Navigator's Compl. Tutor ii. iii. 108 A Ship..sails South Easterly till her Departure be 127 Miles. 1758 Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 9 The noise and shakes of the earthquake..seemed..to come from the north-westward, and to go off south-easterly. 1884 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 275/2 The course should be east,..then south-easterly across the north-east trade. 1890 Cent. Mag. Feb. 590/1 The route..led him Southeasterly along the river. 1937 Massachusetts: Guide to Places & People (Federal Writers' Project) i. 12 The uplands slope southeasterly toward the Connecticut River Valley. 1972 N. R. Peirce Deep South States Amer. (1974) 78 The sugar cane fields that stretch like a great sea from the center of the state southeasterly toward New Orleans and the Gulf. 2005 D. Grimaldi & M. S. Engel Evol. of Insects xiv. 644/1 Moving southeasterly the islands become progressively larger, higher, and younger. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1577adv.1600
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