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southeasterly

south·east·er·ly
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [south-ee-ster-lee; Nautical sou-ee-ster-lee]
    • /ˌsaʊθˈi stər li; Nautical ˌsaʊˈi stər li/
    • /ˌsaʊθˈiː.stə.li/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [south-ee-ster-lee; Nautical sou-ee-ster-lee]
    • /ˌsaʊθˈi stər li; Nautical ˌsaʊˈi stər li/

Definitions of southeasterly word

  • adjective southeasterly coming from the south east 1
  • adjective southeasterly going towards the south east 1
  • adjective southeasterly A southeasterly point, area, or direction is to the southeast or toward the southeast. 0
  • adjective southeasterly in, towards, or (esp of a wind) from the southeast 0
  • noun southeasterly a strong wind or storm from the southeast 0
  • adjective southeasterly in or toward the southeast 0
See all 7 definitions of southeasterly

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Origin of southeasterly

First appearance:

before 1700
One of the 50% oldest English words
First recorded in 1700-10; south + easterly

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Parts of speech for Southeasterly

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Southeasterly

southeasterly popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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