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-ly (1)
suffix forming adjectives from nouns and meaning "having qualities of, of the form or nature of" (manly, lordly), "appropriate to, fitting, suited to" (bodily, earthly, daily); irregularly descended from Old English -lic, from Proto-Germanic *-liko- (Old Frisian -lik, Dutch -lijk, Old High German -lih, German -lich, Old Norse -ligr), related to *likom- "appearance, form" (Old English lich "corpse, body;" see lich, which is a cognate; see also like (adj.), with which it is identical).
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Definitions of southerly
1
southerly (adv.)
from the south;
a wind blew southerly
2
southerly (adj.)
from the south; used especially of wind;
a hot southerly wind
the winds are southerly
Synonyms: southern
3
southerly (n.)
a wind from the south;
Synonyms: south wind / souther
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