a. and adv. [f. SOUTH + EASTERLY.]
A. adj. a. Lying, etc., in the direction of south-east. b. Blowing or running from the south-east.
1708. Sewel, Du. Dict., II. Zuydoostelyk, south-easterly.
1716. Lond. Gaz., No. 5478/3. The Wind continues South-Easterly.
1846. Worcester (citing Hildreth), South-easterly, a., being between the south and east.
1884. Bedford, Sailor’s Handbk., 192. From October to May … a southeasterly current is experienced.
B. adv. Towards the south-east.
1884. Encycl. Brit., XVII. 275/2. The course should be east,… then south-easterly across the north-east trade.
1890. J. H. Wilson & W. P. Stedman, in Century Mag., Feb., 590/1. The route chosen by him led southeasterly along the river.
