southernly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a Southern manner, in a way typical of a Southerner or of the South (the southern United States).
adv
Alternative letter-case form of southernly (“in the manner of the South or of Southerners”).
Example Sentences
- "[…] the said river flowed in a southernly direction, and thence around said Dean's Island, and at or about the southwest end thereof the river turned […]"
- "[…] thence in a southernly direction in the center line of Alabama street to the center line of Fifteenth street; thence in an easternly direction in the […]"
- "“The good Lord seemed fond of sending us southerners many trials!” Christa murmured, […] “We were ever in sympathy with our more southernly sisters!”"
- "Mama and Daddy, being typical southerners, had also taught us to politely [offer food] […] [I] only politely offer Phe Phe a slice of my apple to fulfill my southernly duty."
- "Our school experience was blissfully and southernly white."
- "The community is Southernly polite to newcomers. They'll engage a new face in conversation in the synagogue, which doesn't usually happen elsewhere."
Etymology
From southern + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more southernly (comparative)
most southernly (superlative)