ˈsʌðəliː ˈsʌðɚli ˈsɐðəliː ˈsɐðɘliː ˈsʌðən ˈsʌðɚn ˈsaʊðɚn from the south; used especially of wind a hot southerly wind southern breezes the winds are southerly situated in or oriented toward the south a southern exposure took a southerly course situated in or coming from regions of the south the Southern Hemisphere southern constellations in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line southern hospitality southern cooking southern plantations