southernly
southernly adjective: southerly, somewhat southern.
Adjective
southernly (comparative more southernly, superlative most southernly)
- Southerly, somewhat southern.
Adverb (1)
southernly (comparative more southernly, superlative most southernly)
- Southward, southerly.
- […] 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 […]1832, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 856
- […] 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 […]1904, Indianapolis (Indiana), The General Ordinances of the City of Indianapolis, page 244
- In a Southern manner, in a way typical of a Southerner or of the South (the southern United States).
- “The good Lord seemed fond of sending us southerners many trials!” Christa murmured, […] “We were ever in sympathy with our more southernly sisters!”2012, Heather Graham, And One Rode West: A Novel, Loveswept, →ISBN, page 265
- Mama and Daddy, being typical southerners, had also taught us to politely [offer food] […] [I] only politely offer Phe Phe a slice of my apple to fulfill my southernly duty.2013, Dr. M. Jeanne Dolphus Cotton, Core' S. Cotton, A Three Hundred and Sixty -Degree Perspective: A Mother - Daughter Journey of Come Here Meets Been There, →ISBN
Adverb (2) capitalized: Southernly
Southernly (comparative more Southernly, superlative most Southernly)
- Alternative letter-case form of southernly (“in the manner of the South or of Southerners”).
- The community is Southernly polite to newcomers. They'll engage a new face in conversation in the synagogue, which doesn't usually happen elsewhere.1972, Sh'ma
- […] and the imposing images of her pioneer, but now diabetic and near-blind father, Furman Temple (Ralph Waite) and her Southernly genteel theatrical mother, […]2011, Andrew B. Leiter, Southerners on Film: Essays on Hollywood Portrayals Since the 1970s, McFarland, →ISBN, page 181
Forms of southernly
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more southernly |
| superlative | most southernly |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more southernly |
| superlative | most southernly |
| comparative | more Southernly |
| superlative | most Southernly |
Origin of southernly
From southern + -ly.
From Southern + -ly.
Words formed from southernly
Questions about southernly
- What does southernly mean?
- Southernly means southerly, somewhat southern.
- What part of speech is southernly?
- Southernly can be an adjective or an adverb.
Words near southernly in the dictionary
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