Definitions for northerly

northerly north·er·ly

Spelling: [nawr-th er-lee]
IPA: /ˈnɔr ðər li/

Northerly is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 293 anagrams from letters in northerly (ehlnorrty).

Definitions for northerly

noun

  1. a wind that blows from the north.

adverb

  1. toward the north.
  2. from the north.

adjective

  1. moving, directed, or situated toward the north.
  2. (especially of a wind) coming from the north:

Origin of northerly

1545-55; north + -erly, modeled on easterly

Examples for northerly

First they took a northerly course, then they returned toward Sedan.

Ecbatane was the most northerly of these cities, and the most remote from danger.

Through it runs the Coatzacoalcos River, northerly, to the gulf.

It was coming on with bad weather and a northerly storm, he reported.

They have, however, extended, and arc now heard in a northerly direction.

A trunk of a tree, about 50 feet long, lay on the beach; from whence I conclude a heavy sea runs in here with the northerly winds.

Shandon looked in a northerly direction, and shuddered in spite of himself.

They well knew that they must run the risk of a northerly wind or a gale.

He rowed out in a northerly wind, with snow falling, and a heavy sea.

At the northerly angle was the junction of the Conemaugh and Stony creeks.

Word Value for northerly
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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