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adjective & adverb
in a northward position or direction: [as adjective]:he set off in a northerly direction (of wind) blowing from the north: [as adjective]:it will feel cold in the fresh northerly wind [as adverb]:the wind was gusting northerly
noun
(often northerlies) a wind blowing from the north.