northerly C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈnɔrðərli/ UK /ˈnɔːðəli/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj toward or coming from the north The ship held a northerly course through the night. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · toward or coming from the... northernnorthwardboreal ↔ Opposites southerlysouthern Word family Related forms northnorthernnorthward Etymology AI details From north + -erly, from Old English norð ('north'), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą. norð Old English *nurþrą Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # northerly **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈnɔrðərli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈnɔːðəli/ ## Meanings 1. toward or coming from the north ## Examples - The ship held a northerly course through the night. ## Synonyms - northern - northward - boreal ## Antonyms - southerly - southern ## Related Forms - north - northern - northward ## Roots and Affixes - Root: norð - Root: *nurþrą ## Etymology From north + -erly, from Old English norð ('north'), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą. ## AI Etymology Northerly is from north + -erly, from Old English norð ('north'), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą. Important recorded forms include norð (Old English) and *nurþrą (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers toward or coming from the north. The wider family includes related words such as north, northern, and northward. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown