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adjective & adverb
in a southward position or direction: [as adjective]:the most southerly of the Greek islands [as adverb]:they made off southerly (of a wind) blowing from the south: [as adjective]:a southerly gale [as adverb]:the wind had backed southerly
noun
(often southerlies) a wind blowing from the south.