Preposition: of

• island: Islay, Jura, Colonsay and Gigha are the most southerly of the Inner Hebridean islands.

• group: Forming part of the group of Canary Islands, Gran Canaria is one of the largest and most southerly of the group.

Converse of object

• have: The land is fronting Lodge lane and has a southerly facing rear aspect.

Adjective modifier

• warm: Val d'Isère is tilted slightly northwards, and protected from the warm southerly and easterly winds by a ring of high mountains.

• more: Saying that, winds are now more southerly which will see an increase in sport.

• strong: On the last day there was a dramatic change to strong southerly and then westerly winds bringing warmer conditions and rain.

Modifies a noun

• gale: In addition to the furious sailing activity we have had appalling weather conditions with horizontal rain blown in from force 7 southerly gales.

• breeze: Friday's moderate southerly breeze set the stage for nail biting racing.

• latitude: Climate: Salvador da Bahia is, of course, a tropical city, with a southerly latitude of 12 degrees 58 minutes.

• airflow: Another southerly airflow on 12th brought warm and overcast conditions resulting in a good count of 21 species.

• wind: With a southerly wind we went straight down the lake.

• direction: A view from the Signal Hill Station looking in a southerly direction over the western side of Cape Town toward Devil's Peak.

Modifying Another Word

• generally: Saturday The wind was from a generally southerly direction to start with, shifting to south westerly later in the day.