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(sʌðəʳli)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A southerly point, area, or direction is to the south or towards the south.
We set off in a southerly direction.
...the most southerly areas of Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A southerly wind is a wind that blows from the south.

southerly in British English

(ˈsʌðəlɪ)
adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or situated in the south
adverb, adjective
2. 
towards or in the direction of the south
3. 
from the south
a southerly wind
nounWord forms: plural -lies
4. 
a wind from the south
Derived forms
southerliness (ˈsoutherliness)
noun

southerly in American English

(ˈsʌðərli)
adjective, adverb
1. 
in or toward the south
2. 
from the south, as a wind
nounWord forms: plural ˈsoutherlies
3. 
a wind from the south

Examples of 'southerly' in a sentence
southerly

The jet stream took a more southerly track again last week and low pressure brought unsettled weather.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So you need a strong southerly wind to blow it as far away as possible.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This will provide a degree of weather protection to the balcony while allowing southerly views down the valley.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
With the help of a telescope it was possible to distinguish a number of machines in a southerly direction.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But this weekend it is taking a more southerly track, delivering cold air.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Low pressure pulled a hot continental southerly wind across Britain.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
In particular, southerly winds have meant that migrant moths have kept arriving.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Speculation was rife that a ship at sea had emptied its tanks and released a noxious gas that was carried ashore on southerly winds.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The sunshine is now too weak for a heatwave, and mild weather is imported on breezes from a southerly direction.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In contrast, over the past week the weather has been weirdly warm in the north and west thanks to a southerly wind.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The rain stalled over the northwest, and southerly winds introduced a temporary warmer spell over more southern and eastern parts along with showers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
April is also a fickle month, quite capable of stoking up heat waves on warm southerly winds and boosted by the increasing sunshine.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Home is now a beautiful farmhouse three miles from Britain's most southerly point.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Instead, warmer, southerly air was allowed to blow in.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This allowed for more direct southerly winds, bringing in warm air from the Continent.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Expect milder southerly winds and hence little, if any, frost.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
High pressure to the east of us leads to relatively settled conditions over the UK and results in predominantly southerly winds.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Yesterday was hot and humid for southern and eastern England as southerly winds pulled in warm air from the Continent.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The problem is jet stream winds at high altitude taking a southerly track, bringing rotten conditions on both sides of the Atlantic.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It then ascended once more, after some bags of sand had been thrown out, and was borne by a fresh southerly wind in a northerly direction.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In other languages
southerly

British English: southerly ADJECTIVE
A southerly point, area, or direction is to the south or towards the south.
We set off in a southerly direction.
  • American English: southerly
  • Brazilian Portuguese: para o sul
  • Chinese: 向南的
  • European Spanish: sur
  • French: du sud
  • German: südlich
  • Italian: meridionaleregione
  • Japanese: 南の
  • Korean: 남동쪽에서 불어오는
  • European Portuguese: para o sul
  • Latin American Spanish: sur
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