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north-easterly

north-easterly is the alternative form of northeasterly.

Meaning of northeasterly

Adjective

northeasterly (comparative more northeasterly, superlative most northeasterly)

  1. Situated in, or pointing towards, the northeast.
  2. Coming from the northeast.

See all 3 meanings of northeasterly

Forms of north-easterly

Adjective
comparativemore north-easterly
superlativemost north-easterly
Noun
pluralnorth-easterlies

Questions about north-easterly

What is north-easterly the alternative form of?
North-easterly is the alternative form of northeasterly.

Words near north-easterly in the dictionary

  1. north-caper
  2. north-capers
  3. north-east
  4. North-East Region
  5. north-easterlies
  6. north-easterly
  7. north-eastern
  8. North-Eastern Rhodesia
  9. north-easts
  10. north-north-east
  11. north-north-west

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Adapted from Wiktionary: north-easterly (page history and authors); northeasterly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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