Antonyms for northerly
ˈnɔr ðər linorther·ly

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1. northerlynoun

   Antonyms:
   auster, southerly

   Synonyms:
   boreas

2. northerlynoun

   Facing the north; directed towards the north.

   Synonyms:
   boreas

   Antonyms:
   auster, southerly

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1. north wind, northerly, norther, boreasadjective

   a wind that blows from the north

   Antonyms:
   south

   Synonyms:
   norther, boreas, north wind

2. northerly, northernadjective

   situated in or oriented toward the north

   "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction"

   Antonyms:
   south

   Synonyms:
   northern

3. northerly, northernadverb

   coming from the north; used especially of wind

   "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly"

   Antonyms:
   south

   Synonyms:
   northern

4. north, northerly, northwards, northwardadverb

   in a northern direction

   "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!"

   Antonyms:
   south

   Synonyms:
   northward, northwards, north

How to use northerly in a sentence?

1. The CAIC:

   Dangerous conditions exist in the backcountry. Avoid steep northerly and east-facing slopes, especially those that are receiving wind-drifted snow, this includes traveling underneath of these slopes and on adjacent connected terrain.

2. Joar Saettem:

   We want to demonstrate ... that we believe the climate is getting warmer and it is more possible to grow and make wine in northerly areas.

3. Tom Slater:

   Although global temperatures have risen by about 1.1 degrees in the past 150 years on average, different parts of the globe have warmed at different rates due to natural variations in the climate system such as cloud cover, land cover and atmospheric circulation patterns, earth's poles have warmed faster than anywhere else, primarily due to melting ice and snow. Although Antarctica has had a cold winter this year, over the past few decades the most northerly parts of Antarctica have warmed five times faster than the global average -- that's faster than anywhere else in the Southern Hemisphere.

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