Definition of "southerly" [south•er•ly]

• Situated toward the south. (adjective)
• Coming or being from the south: southerly winds. (adjective)
• A storm or wind coming from the south. (noun)

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• "As of yesterday AM we were experiencing a so called southerly surge, bringing a thick marine layer and good stratus intrusion."
• "The winds known as southerly bursters are generally to be expected from"
• "We remained nearly an hour beside our beneficent fountain, then took the route for Senegal; that is, a southerly direction, for we did not know exactly where that country lay."