southlyadj.
/ˈsaʊθli/, U.S. /ˈsaʊθli/ Southern; southerly.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adjective]
southernOE
southwardOE
meridionalc1386
austral1398
southly1440
meridian?a1475
meridialc1540
southerly1556
southernly1591
southwardlyc1612
austrian1634
austrine1635
south'ard1671
fore-south1686
southwards1838
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 466 Sowthely, or sum what be sowth'e, australis.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Hiv/2 Southly, australis.
?1579 Sheldon Tapestry Map (in Bodl. Libr.) This sowthly part which hear below towards Glocester fall.
1708 in J. H. Stark Loyalists of Mass. (1910) 416 The Square living on ye Southly side of the North Meeting House including ye wayes on each side of ye watchhouse.
1732 in E. C. Bowler York Deeds (Maine) (1909) XVII. 178 Land being Butted & Bounded as follows Eastwardly by ye Southly Part of the House that was Samuel Smiths.
1796 O. Chair Let. 15 Dec. in I. W. Hammond Town Papers (1884) XIII. 546 The Southly corner between Tamworth & Eaton.
1811 D. Thompson Columbia Jrnl. 10 Jan. in Banff (Alberta, Canada) Crag & Canyon (2009) (Nexis) 10 Feb. 27 A very snowy Day & Southly Gale.
1907 Engin. & Contracting 24 July 19/2 Bids are asked..for material and labor necessary for the improvement of the southly roadway of Fairmont Boulevard.
2003 BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific (Nexis) 13 Jan. The system is continuing on its southly course.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
southlyadv.
/ˈsaʊθli/, U.S. /ˈsaʊθli/ Now rare.
Towards or in the south; in a southerly direction. In quot. a1589: (of the movement of a wind) from the direction of the south.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adverb]
southeOE
southrighteOE
southwardeOE
southwardseOE
southenOE
downwarda1387
south'ard1485
south side1489
southlya1552
downwards1577
southerly1577
southwardly1579
southernly1594
south-by1762
a-south1807
south-away1816
downbound1880
southbound1891
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 10 The Closis..that lye Southly on the Toun.
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 18v Place hyue in good ayer, set southly & warme.
a1589 L. Mascall Bk. Fishing (1590) 4 When the winde bloweth southly from the South or West.
?1679 Plain Declar. Heavens Flatform 3 That which is over the North-line 4 a clock in the morning, the same is Southly from the line 8 a clock in the morning.
1698 J. Crull Antient & Present State Muscovy I. ii. 11 Strelitza Slavoda..lies on the other side of the River Mosca, Southly from that part of the City, called Cataygorod.
1812 P. Cuffe Jrnl. 4 June in R. C. Wiggins Captain Paul Cuffe's Logs & Lett. (1996) vi. 206 These 24 hours Commences With Squally Weather fresh Wind and a heavey Sea from the N E. It Ends more moderate Soft Wind E S E inclineing Southly.
1892 Nature 28 Jan. 296/2 Any temples facing more northly or southly are precluded from having the sunlight enter them at any time in the year.
1919 Jrnl. House of Representatives City of Austin 472 Thence southly along the east line of the Bloodgood augmentation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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