Southeasterly

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  • adjective. Situated toward the southeast.
  • adjective. Coming or being from the southeast.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Situated in or going toward or arriving from the southeast, or the general direction of southeast: as, a southeasterly course; a southeasterly wind.
  • Toward or from the southeast, or a general southeast direction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. situated in, or pointing to, the southeast
  • adjective. coming from the southeast
  • noun. A strong wind or storm from the southeast.
  • adverb. From the southeast.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. coming from the southeast
  • adjective. situated in or oriented toward the southeast
  • Word Usage
    "So they sailed round the Cape, calling the southeasterly extremity "Point Cave," till they came to an island which they named Martha's Vineyard (now called No Man's Land), and another on which they dwelt awhile, which they named Elizabeth's Island, in honor of the queen, one of the group since so called, now known by its Indian name Cuttyhunk."
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    south  
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