Definition of "northerlies" [northerlies]

• Plural form of northerly. (noun)

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• "Despite the grey heavens and bitter northerlies there is something decorative, even festive about the way the catkins tremble in the alder trees on Ducan's Marsh."
• "The lovely northerlies disappeared and a southerly change blew in, so I was bumping around quite a bit with 23-knot winds and nine-foot-steep seas."
• "In addition, the high pressure over the heartland blocked northerlies from breaking up these westerlies, which would have spared the South some of the violent storms it's had this winter."