Meanings
comparative more southerly · superlative most southerly
- Facing the south; directed towards the south.
a southerly voyage
- Located towards or in the south.
The islands of Jyuguang Township (莒光鄉; Jǔguāng xiāng), Dongju (東莒; Dōngjǔ; Tongchu) and Xiju (西莒; Xījǔ; Hsichu), are the most southerly of Matsu’s islands. Both are remote and sparsely inhabited, but there's some pretty scenery.
2017 May, Piera Chen, Dinah Gardner, “Taiwan's Islands”, in Lonely Planet Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 10th edition (Travel), Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 299 - Coming from the south.
Warm, moist air was brought by southerly winds
comparative more southerly · superlative most southerly
- From the south.
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adverbtoward the south
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian южен вятър, гледащ на юг
- южен вятър (južen vjatăr)wind blowing from the south
- гледащ на юг (gledašt na jug)facing the south
- южен (južen)coming from the south
Esperanto suda
- sudalocated towards the south
Finnish etelätuuli, etelänpuoleinen
- etelätuuliwind blowing from the south
- etelänpuoleinenfacing the south
- eteläpuolinenfacing the south
- eteläinencoming from the south
- etelästä tulevacoming from the south
- etelänpuoleinenlocated towards the south
- eteläpuolinenlocated towards the south
Irish deas, ó dheas
- deastowards the south
- ó dheastowards the south
Japanese 南風
- 南風 (minamikaze)wind blowing from the south
Māori tāmāuru, kōtonga
- tāmāuruwind blowing from the south
- kōtongawind blowing from the south
- tongawind blowing from the south
- hautongawind blowing from the south
- māwakewind blowing from the south
- tongacoming from the south
Russian ю́жный ве́тер, ю́жный
- ю́жный ве́тер (júžnyj véter)wind blowing from the south
- ю́жный (júžnyj)facing the south
- ю́жный (júžnyj)coming from the south
- ю́жный (júžnyj)located towards the south
Swedish sunnanvind, sunnan
- sunnanvindwind blowing from the south
- sunnanwind blowing from the south
- sydliglocated towards the south
Cite this entry
southerly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southerly
“southerly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southerly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “southerly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/southerly.
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