southeasterly
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Southeasterly describes direction or movement toward or from the southeast.
A southeasterly wind blows from the southeast; a southeasterly course heads toward it.
The word functions as both adjective and adverb: We sailed in a southeasterly direction, The storm moved southeasterly along the coast.
Light, gentle air movement
- gustBrief wind surge
- galeSevere sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
trade winds · sirocco · airflow · draft · bluster · tempest · cyclone · typhoon
Posture or orientation
- headingDirectional course traveled
- coursePlanned path forward
- vectorQuantity with direction
- trajectoryPath of moving object
angle · orientation · quadrant · sector · azimuth · trend · drift · flow
Recurring atmospheric behavior
- frontForward-facing side
- depressionProlonged low state
- isobarConstant pressure contour
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
forecast · climate · humidity · precipitation · pressure system · tropical · disturbance · prevailing
breeze
Light, gentle air movement
monsoon · trade winds · sirocco · airflow · draft · bluster · tempest · cyclone · typhoon · hurricane
bearing
Posture or orientation
trajectory · angle · orientation · quadrant · sector · azimuth · trend · drift · flow · diagonal
weather pattern
Recurring atmospheric behavior
- frontForward-facing side
- depressionProlonged low state
- isobarConstant pressure contour
barometer · forecast · climate · humidity · precipitation · pressure system · tropical · disturbance · prevailing · seasonal
sailing
Wind-propelled water travel
rudder · chart · waypoint · sextant · starboard · portside · seafaring · mariner · voyage · passage
southeasterlynorthwesterly
From the northwest
northwestern · northwestward · northwest · northerly · westerly
- Southeastern ConferenceSouthern collegiate athletic league
- Southeastern USAtlantic and Gulf states
- southeastern USALower Atlantic coastal region