NORTHEASTERLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does northeasterly mean? 

• NORTHEASTERLY (adjective)
  The adjective NORTHEASTERLY has 2 senses:

1. coming from the northeast

2. situated in or oriented toward the northeast

  Familiarity information: NORTHEASTERLY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTHEASTERLY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coming from the northeast

Synonyms:

northeast; northeasterly

Context example:

northeasterly winds

Similar:

north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)

Derivation:

northeaster (a storm blowing from the northeast)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Situated in or oriented toward the northeast

Synonyms:

northeast; northeasterly; northeastern

Context example:

the northeasterly part of the island

Similar:

north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)

 Context examples 

For two days the yellow cog ran swiftly before a northeasterly wind, and on the dawn of the third the high land of Ushant lay like a mist upon the shimmering sky-line.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)