Word Meanings - NORTHERLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.
Related words: (words related to NORTHERLY)
- NORTHERNMOST
Farthest north. - TOWARD; TOWARDS
1. In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak. 2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning. His eye shall be evil - NORTHERN
1. Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west. 2. In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind. Northern diver. See Loon. -- - NORTHMAN
One of the inhabitants of the north of Europe; esp., one of the ancient Scandinavians; a Norseman. - TOWARDS
See TOWARD - NORTHMOST
Lying farthest north; northernmost. Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique. De Foe. - NORTHEAST
Of or pertaining to the northeast; proceeding toward the northeast, or coming from that point; as, a northeast course; a northeast wind. Northeast passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north - TOWARDNESS
Quality or state of being toward. - NORTHWESTWARD; NORTHWESTWARDLY
Toward the northwest. - NORTH STAR STATE
Minnesota; -- a nickname. - NORTHWESTERN
Of, pertaining to, or being in, the northwest; in a direction toward the northwest; coming from the northwest; northwesterly; as, a northwestern course. - NORTHERLINESS
The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north. - PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - NORTHEASTERN
Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly. - NORTHUMBRIAN
Of or pertaining to Northumberland in England. -- n. - NORTHERNER
1. One born or living in the north. 2. A native or inhabitant of the Northern States; -- contradistinguished from Ant: Southerner. - TOWARDLY
See DRYDEN - NORTHEASTERLY
Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast. - NORTHER
A wind from the north; esp., a strong and cold north wind in Texas and the vicinity of the Gulf of Mexico. - NORTHEASTER
A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast. - ANORTHIC
Having unequal oblique axes; as, anorthic crystals. - EPANORTHOSIS
A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brave! Brave, did I say most heroic act! - ANORTHOSCOPE
An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted. - UNTOWARDLY
Perverse; froward; untoward. "Untowardly tricks and vices." Locke.