northeasterly
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- adjective
- /ˌnɔrˈθiːstərli/
- There was a flurry of movement on her board as they passed the Falls, looking from the air like a plume of smoke, and the jumper banked slightly, following the river's northeasterly curve.
- northeasterly direction
Examples
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To reach the lighthouse, you need to head northeasterly along the coastal road.
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In a quick flash, water and land are seen in a northeasterly position, seemingly from the Pacific Ocean.
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Proceed in a northeasterly direction until you get to the rotunda, and from there head west through the fiction section.
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Detective Dormer gave chase... ...lost the suspect in the fog then heard a shot... ...coming from a northeasterly direction.
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The South Fault zone runs from Khargaon in western Madhya Pradesh in an east-northeasterly direction right up to the Rihand reservoir in southern Jharkhand in the east.
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The map indicates that the cabin is located in a northeasterly direction from here.
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The team set off in a northeasterly direction to find the best viewpoint for the sunset.
Synonyms
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Coming from or facing toward the north and east
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In or from the top-right part of an area on a map
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Northeasterly is made from north and east plus the ending -ly, so it means 'toward the northeast' or 'on the northeast side'. Think of a window or road that faces the space between north and east on a map to remember it.