northerly

noun

1. A northerly wind (that is, a northern wind, which blows from the north or northerly).

adj

1. Facing the north; directed towards the north.

   “a northerly voyage”

   “Those on the northerly route reached Ning-shan on February 16th, were joined there by a surviving group of Shih Ta-k’ai’s expeditionary soldiers under Cheng Chung-ho, and on March 26th converged at Nei-hsiang as planned with Ma Jung-ho’s army from the southerly route. Ch’en Ta-hsi’s Nien army, which had returned to Honan in the spring of 1863, also came to Nei-hsiang soon thereafter, at which point the entire force proceeded to Tsao-yang in Hupeh.”

2. Located in a northern region.

   “But I'm here to follow the less well-trodden route up to the most northerly point of the British mainland, which has its own scenic claim to make.”

3. Coming from the north.

   “a northerly wind”

   “Now they were faced with the problem of a northerly blow, which could soon send a heavy swell clean into the bay.”

   “Over November 26-27, Storm Arwen brought northerly winds of up to 100 mph and snow in some parts of the UK.”

adv

1. In an northward direction or position; (towards the) north.
2. From the north.