southerly

 
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌðəli/

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 windowpanes