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southeasterly

southeasterly

3.9
Wind or weather that comes from the southeast
  • adjective
  • /ˌsaʊθˈiːstərli/
translation icon : sudeste
  • (10) # Hitchcock's fieldwork on Mount Washington, up to an elevation of some five thousand feet, amassed evidence that all of the drift phenomena noted there were in accordance with the general southeasterly direction exhibited by features seen at lower altitudes.
  • southeasterly direction

Examples

  • The southeasterly route took us past beautiful landscapes and quaint villages.

  • Cold east or southeasterly wind.

    Blog text (14)

  • So we got that signal of higher than normal pressure to the north, lower to the southeasterly winds, not such a clear signal of cold to the east, but it's there.

  • And since we are sure that the same southeasterly impulse, connected evidently with currents of water, has operated in one place to the height of five thousand feet.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Therein, he summarized five lines of evidence supporting the notion that the same agency had operated "in a southeasterly direction over the northern parts of this continent, ... in the same manner, and in the same direction," extending from the lowest to the highest elevations.

    Academic text (2018)

  • What Hitchcock and most other geologists were unable to imagine at that time was that a continental ice sheet did not require an Alpine origin; that is, a high mountainous center to be formed, and from which it had advanced in a southeasterly direction.

    Academic text (2018)

  • The southeasterly wind brought warm weather to the coastal town.

  • During the storm, the southeasterly gales caused a lot of damage to the boats in the harbor.

Synonyms

southeast
vssoutheasterly
4 1.0

Facing the direction between south and east

is specific to wind or weather coming from that direction

Surface Forms

southeasterly positive

Morphology

southeasterly = southeaster (transparent) = south + east + er + ly

Formed by adding the productive suffix '-ly' to 'southeaster' (itself from 'southeast' + '-er'), giving an adjective meaning 'from the southeast'.

Etymology

Southeasterly comes from the simple parts south and east, plus the ending -ly that makes it a description. So a southeasterly wind is one that blows 'from the southeast'.