Hyphenation of northeasterly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word northeasterly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

north-east-er-ly

Definitions of northeasterly:

1.	Coming from the northeast Northeasterly winds
2.	Situated in or oriented toward the northeast The northeasterly part of the island

Synonyms of northeasterly:

adj	northeast, north
adj	northeastern, northeast, north

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.