southerlyPronunciation: /ˈsʌðəli/Translate southerly | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of southerly adjective & adverb in a southward position or direction: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: the salt spray in the southerlies would rattle like hail on the windowpanessoutherly in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of southerly in the US English dictionary