southeasterly
adverb or adjective
south·east·er·ly
sau̇th-ˈē-stər-lē 
sau̇-ˈē-
1
: from the southeast
2
: toward the southeast
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What To Know In , the Kuskokwim Delta Coast and Nunivak Island are expected to see blowing snow and strong southeasterly winds from early Sunday morning through the afternoon.
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
There is a more southeasterly flow into the state, bringing precipitation up from Mexico and the Gulf of California and fueling thunderstorms.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
In Midtown’s southeasterly quadrant, the Fifth Avenue Hotel is the jewel of 28th St.
—Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025
That morning, a thunderstorm started in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and moved southeasterly including through Madison, Rockford and Milwaukee.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
And those cooling southeasterly winds would gust to 50 mph by 7 p.m.
Rain intensified overnight and was especially heavy between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Sept. 25.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
Afternoon southeasterly breezes could gust around 20 mph at times.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
Strong southeasterly winds pushed the fire toward Cape Town’s densely populated neighborhoods, where flames engulfed campus buildings and a hillside restaurant attached to the Rhodes Memorial, which commemorates British colonialist Cecil Rhodes.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2021
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
There is a more southeasterly flow into the state, bringing precipitation up from Mexico and the Gulf of California and fueling thunderstorms.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
In Midtown’s southeasterly quadrant, the Fifth Avenue Hotel is the jewel of 28th St.
—Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025
That morning, a thunderstorm started in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and moved southeasterly including through Madison, Rockford and Milwaukee.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2024
And those cooling southeasterly winds would gust to 50 mph by 7 p.m.
Rain intensified overnight and was especially heavy between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Sept. 25.
—Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
Afternoon southeasterly breezes could gust around 20 mph at times.
—A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
Strong southeasterly winds pushed the fire toward Cape Town’s densely populated neighborhoods, where flames engulfed campus buildings and a hillside restaurant attached to the Rhodes Memorial, which commemorates British colonialist Cecil Rhodes.
—Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2021
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southeasterly
adverb or adjective
south·east·er·ly
sau̇-ˈthē-stər-lē
sau̇-ˈē-
1
: from the southeast
2
: toward the southeast
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