Northern and Southerly

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Northern adjective - Situated in or oriented toward the north.

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Southerly is an antonym for northern.

Southerly adjective - Situated in or oriented toward the south.

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Northern is an antonym for southerly in topics: in the south, pertaining to the south.

Nearby Words: south, southern, souther, southwards

But the tribes primarily involved with the plot are the southerly Sarls, from whom Wulfrik hails, and the comparatively more nasty, northern dwelling Aeslings.

Source: Literature / Wulfrik
Both lived in the Ice Age in cold climates, alongside mammoths in northern Asia, but the elasmothere had a more southerly range than the woolly rhino, and while both lived east of the Urals, only the woolly rhino was found in Europenote Possibly.

Source: Useful Notes / Stock Dinosaurs (Non-Dinosaurs)
Nonetheless, the Saxons looked close to pass for Scandinavians to the southerly eyes of the Greeks, and were thus able to play up the image of a savage northern barbarian well enough to find work in the guard.

Source: Useful Notes / Byzantine Empire

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