southernly
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of southernly
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The last recorded southernly moose sighting was just west of Stevens Pass in 2009, according to the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
Roughly 25 minutes later, Rebecca tells us Dyson "actually spent some time in the southernly region."
From The Verge ● Feb. 26, 2015
Guam, the southernly and principal island, is 100 miles in circumference, and has a population of 8,100, of which 1,400 are Europeans.
From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Murat Halstead
It is eight in the morning, hot August; wind a mere lull, but southernly if any.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Thomas Carlyle
After crossing the river, we hurried along by a more southernly and straighter road than we formerly came by, and reached Kazé towards the latter end of June.
From What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
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