Southernly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Southernly is an adjective meaning Southerly, somewhat southern.
Meaning
Southerly, somewhat southern.
More Meanings
- Southward, southerly.
- In a Southern manner, in a way typical of a Southerner or of the South (the southern United States).
Example Sentences
Our school experience was blissfully and southernly white.
“The good Lord seemed fond of sending us southerners many trials!” Christa murmured, […] “We were ever in sympathy with our more southernly sisters!”
[…] the said river flowed in a southernly direction, and thence around said Dean's Island, and at or about the southwest end thereof the river turned […]
[…] thence in a southernly direction in the center line of Alabama street to the center line of Fifteenth street; thence in an easternly direction in the […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include southly, south-southeasterly, south-southeast, south-southeastward, south-southwest, south.
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