Dictionary Entry
northerly
northerly is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective, adverb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 15 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.
- 2adverb
Toward the north.
- 3noun
a wind that blows from the north
- 4adjective
coming from the north; used especially of wind
"the north wind doth blow"
"a northern snowstorm"
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- 5adjective
situated in or oriented toward the north
"the northern suburbs"
"going in a northerly direction"
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- 6adverb
in a northern direction
"they earn more up north"
"Let's go north!"
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