Usually means: Wind or weather from the south.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word SOUTHERLY:

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  1. southerly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. southerly: Merriam-Webster
  3. southerly, southerly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. southerly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. southerly: Collins English Dictionary
  6. southerly: Vocabulary.com
  7. Southerly, southerly: Wordnik
  8. southerly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. southerly: Wiktionary
  10. southerly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. southerly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. southerly: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. southerly: Dictionary.com
  14. southerly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Southerly (band), Southerly (journal), Southerly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Southerly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. southerly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. southerly: Rhymezone
  19. Southerly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. southerly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. southerly: FreeDictionary.org
  22. southerly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. southerly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. southerly: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (southerly)

▸ noun:  A wind blowing from the south.
▸ adjective:  Facing the south; directed towards the south.
▸ adjective:  Located towards or in the south.
▸ adjective:  Coming from the south.
▸ adverb:  In a southward direction or position; (towards the) south.
▸ adverb:  From the south.

Similar:
souther, south, southern, south wind, southeaster, south-southeasterly, southwester, south-southwesterly, southwesterly, east-southeasterly, more...

Opposite:
northerly, northern, northward

Types:
westerly, easterly, northerly, more...

Phrases:
southerly wind, southerly buster, south southerly, southerly burster, southerly busters, more...

Colors:
    sky blue,     coral,     sunset orange,     palm green,     ocean teal, more...

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Similar:
souther, south, southern, south wind, southeaster, south-southeasterly, southwester, south-southwesterly, southwesterly, east-southeasterly, more...

Opposite:
northerly, northern, northward

Types:
westerly, easterly, northerly, more...

Phrases:
southerly wind, southerly buster, south southerly, southerly burster, southerly busters, more...

Colors:
    sky blue,     coral,     sunset orange,     palm green,     ocean teal, more...



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