southerly direction

collocation in English

meaningsofsoutherlyanddirection

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southerly
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌð.əl.i/us
/ˈsʌð.ɚ.li/
towards or in ...
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direction
noun
uk
/daɪˈrek.ʃən/us
/dɪˈrek.ʃən/
the position towards which someone or something moves ...
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(Definition ofsoutherlyanddirectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsoutherly direction

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However, a canoe was spotted, 'annexed,' and 'with rather less than an inch of freeboard' they set off in asoutherlydirection.
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I remember going there with the intention of leaving my car and continuing my journey in asoutherlydirection.
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My constituents have concessionary travel, but effectively in only asoutherlydirection.
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That company later took on a mandatory obligation to operate the ferry in a northerly direction and the right to operate it in asoutherlydirection.
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Tracking in an erratic,southerlydirection, the depression slowly weakened as convection was displaced by wind shear.
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For that short time, the highway takes on a moresoutherlydirection, mainly to the southeast.
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This dense water then sinks and the circulation stream continues in asoutherlydirection.
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The range is strongly fissured, particularly in asoutherlydirection.
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It runs in asoutherlydirectionfor nearly 30 miles, diminishing in width as it reaches farther south.
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It accelerated slightly to about 12 to 15 knots and headed in a generalsoutherlydirectionfrom this time onwards.
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The fortress could also prevent intrusions from a northerly orsoutherlydirection.
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From there it runs in asoutherlydirectionthrough a narrow and twisting valley.
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The axis of the chancel is set in a moresoutherlydirectionto that of the nave.
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This, however, did not happen, for, inside, three tunnels head off to the right, all in a generalsoutherlydirection.
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It flows in asoutherlydirection.
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Continue in asoutherlydirection.
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Antipodal pole positions are shown for all southerly directions.
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These rising air currents diverge in the upper troposphere and move away from the equator at high altitude in both northerly and southerly directions.
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Wind damage was greatest in areas where winds blew from southerly directions off of mountains.
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