Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: southerly
IPA transcription: [s'ʌðɚli]
Pronunciations of southerly
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: south_wind, souther, southerly
    Meaning: a wind from the south
Usage examples
  • In the afternoon the surface became fearfully bad, the wind dropped to light southerly air.
  • This afternoon it fell almost calm, but the sky clouded over again and now there is a gentle warm southerly breeze with light falling snow and an overcast sky.
  • It was in 1862 that, in spite of the Southern Members of Congress, who wished a more southerly route, it was decided to lay the road between the forty-first and forty-second parallels.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Effects of Hurricane Ivan in the Lesser Antilles and South America, License CC BY-SA 4.0