north-easterly
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North-easterly describes direction or movement toward or from the northeast.
A north-easterly wind blows from the northeast; a north-easterly course heads toward it.
The noun refers to a wind or storm from that direction: A north-easterly brought cold air down from the sea.
Also spelled northeasterly.
Low temperature state
- chillCold sensation or relaxation
- frostThin ice coating
- wintryCold and frosty
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
frigid · bitter · blustery · squall · storm · front · pressure system · forecast
Severe sustained wind
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- gustBrief wind surge
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- blusteryWildly, coldly windy
airflow · draft · prevailing · headwind · crosswind · tailwind · mistral · trade wind
Half of a ball
- ArcticEarth's northernmost zone
- quadrantFourth of a circle
- regionIndefinite bounded area
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
longitude · meridian · continental · coastal · polar · temperate · territory · landmass
Posture or orientation
- headingDirectional course traveled
- coursePlanned path forward
- azimuthHorizontal directional angle
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
orientation · waypoint · chart · sextant · gyrocompass · dead reckoning · plotting · tacking
cold
Low temperature state
arctic · frigid · bitter · blustery · squall · storm · front · pressure system · forecast · conditions
gale
Severe sustained wind
blustery · airflow · draft · prevailing · headwind · crosswind · tailwind · mistral · trade wind · fetch
hemisphere
Half of a ball
latitude · longitude · meridian · continental · coastal · polar · temperate · territory · landmass · Atlantic
bearing
Posture or orientation
compass · orientation · waypoint · chart · sextant · gyrocompass · dead reckoning · plotting · tacking · windward
sailing
Wind-propelled water travel
- tackingAngled sailing maneuver
- yachtingRecreational vessel sailing
- seamanshipSkill in operating vessels
vessel · ketch · schooner · regatta · offshore · coastal · passage · close-hauled · windward · leeward
north-easterlysouth-westerly
From the lower-left quadrant
southwesterly · south-western · southwestward · southwestern · southwester
north, east, easterly, northern, eastern, northerly, northeast, norther, northward