southernly
Collocations
4ADJ.
polite, theatrical
VERB + SOUTHERNLY
flowed, waite, wasn't
SOUTHERNLY + NOUN
direction, genteel, mother, newcomers, reception, sisters, thence
PREP.
in, in, with
Definitions
adj
Southerly, somewhat southern.
adv
Southward, southerly.
[…] 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 […]
In a Southern manner, in a way typical of a Southerner or of the South (the southern United States).
“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.
adv
Alternative letter-case form of southernly (“in the manner of the South or of Southerners”).
The community is Southernly polite to newcomers. They'll engage a new face in conversation in the synagogue, which doesn't usually happen elsewhere.
[…] and the imposing images of her pioneer, but now diabetic and near-blind father, Furman Temple (Ralph Waite) and her Southernly genteel theatrical mother, […]
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6[…] 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 […]
Wiktionary[…] 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 […]
Wiktionary“The good Lord seemed fond of sending us southerners many trials!” Christa murmured, […] “We were ever in sympathy with our more southernly sisters!”
WiktionaryThe community is Southernly polite to newcomers. They'll engage a new face in conversation in the synagogue, which doesn't usually happen elsewhere.
Wiktionary[…] and the imposing images of her pioneer, but now diabetic and near-blind father, Furman Temple (Ralph Waite) and her Southernly genteel theatrical mother, […]
WiktionaryThe Southerners later convened in Birmingham to organize the States' Rights party, selecting Senator Strom Thurmond […] It wasn't a Southernly reception.
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