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Definition of northerly adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

northerly

adjective

NAmE//ˈnɔrðərli//

1[only before noun] in or toward the north traveling in a northerly direction

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2[usually before noun] (of winds) blowing from the north a northerly breeze compare north

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