Hyphenation of northerly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word northerly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

norther-ly

Definitions of northerly:

1.	A wind that blows from the north
2.	Situated in or oriented toward the north The northern suburbs Going in a northerly direction
3.	Coming from the north Used especially of wind The north wind doth blow A northern snowstorm The winds are northerly
4.	In a northern direction They earn more up north Let's go north!

Synonyms of northerly:

adj	northern, north
adj	northern, north
adv	north, to the north, in the north, northwards, northward

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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.