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
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
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
The cases 23, 24, are filled with curiosities from more southernly parts of the North American continent; and chiefly with various objects from the most interesting of the old inhabitants of America—the Mexicans.
From How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by W. Blanchard Jerrold
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