Often associated with weather descriptions, indicating a cold or cool breeze coming from the north.

Weather Association

Used to describe a location's position, suggesting it's towards the northern part of a region or country.

Geographic Indicator

Implies a quality or characteristic of something inherently or culturally associated with the north.

Directional Quality

Indicates movement towards the north but not necessarily in a straight line or direction.

Movement Context

Useful in travel or navigation to describe the general direction of movement or destination.

Travel Relevance

In navigation, it's more descriptive than just 'north' and suggests a chosen path or orientation.

Navigation Cue

 but something else has piqued his interest here massively and like I say his direction has changed slightly why he's still angling westwards he's much more kind of in a northerly direction than he was previously

Northerly