Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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northern | No | Yes | No | No |
northerly | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
northern (noun) | northerly (noun) |
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a wind that blows from the north |
northern (adjective) | northerly (adjective) |
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situated in regions of the north | coming from the north; used especially of wind |
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line | oriented toward the north |
coming from the north; used especially of wind | |
oriented toward the north |
northern (adverb) | northerly (adverb) |
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in a northern direction |