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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.

adv.

Toward the north.

Adj.

Being towards the north, or nearer towards the north than to any other cardinal point. [We use this word and northern with considerable latitude.]

, adv.

Towards the north; as, to sail northerly.

In a northern direction; as a northerly course.

Proceeding from a northern point.