WordNet is a semantic lexicon for the English language. It was created and is being maintained at the Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University under the direction of psychology professor George A. Miller.
The purpose is twofold: to produce a combination of dictionary and thesaurus that is more intuitively usable, and to support automatic text analysis and artificial intelligence applications.
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southerly, southern,
1. ADJECTIVE SATELLITE. (southern)
from the south
used especially of wind
"a hot south wind"
"southern breezes"
"the winds are southerly"
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2. ADJECTIVE SATELLITE. (southern)
situated in or oriented toward the south
"a southern exposure"
"took a southerly course"
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3. ADJ. (southern)
situated in or coming from regions of the south
"the southern hemisphere"
"southern constellations"
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4. ADJ. (southern)
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
"southern hospitality"
"southern cooking"
"southern plantations"
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South southern, Confederacy southern, Confederate States southern, Confederate States of America southern, South southern, Dixie southern, Dixieland southern,