northerly

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I - noun

a wind that blows from the north
• Syn:
north wind, norther, boreas
• Derivationally related forms:
boreal (for: boreas), northerly (for: norther)
• Hypernyms:
wind, air current, current of air
• Hyponyms:
bise, bize, mistral, tramontane, tramontana

II - adjective

1. situated in or oriented toward the north (Freq. 1)
- the northern suburbs
- going in a northerly direction
• Syn:
northern
• Similar to:
north
2. coming from the north;
used especially of wind
- the north wind doth blow
- a northern snowstorm
- the winds are northerly
• Syn:
northern
• Similar to:
north
• Derivationally related forms:
northernness (for: northern), norther

III - adverb

in a northern direction
- they earn more up north
- Let's go north!
• Syn:
north, northwards, northward

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  northern, north, northwards, northward, north wind, norther, boreas