northerly
向北,往北,北方,往北的
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Definitions
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- : moving, directed, or situated toward the north.
- : coming from the north: a northerly gale.
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- : toward the north.
- : from the north.
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plural north·er·lies.
- : a wind that blows from the north.
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The most northerly sites were in the Orkney Islands, north of Scotland.
The more northerly kelp forests also lack sea otters, an urchin predator that is common farther south.
I’m drawn to cold climates and northerly latitudes — and wherever harsh weather exists, you’re likely to find tough wool sweaters knitted for the purpose of surviving it.
Between this and the Channel we were delayed by a succession of northerly winds.
The river then trends in a northerly direction for seven miles, without any sinuosity of consequence.
Adiutrix for work elsewhere, it recalled both governor and legion, and gave up the more northerly of his nominal conquests.
AS the wolf is a native of cold climates, he must have passed northerly into America, since he is met with in both continents.
Accomentas, a band, or division of the Pawtucket Indians inhabiting the northerly part of Massachusetts in 1674.