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Southernly
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southernly
English
Etymology
From en Southern ly.
Adverb
en southernly in the manner of the South or of Southerners.
en 1972 Sh'ma The community is Southernly polite to newcomers. They'll engage a new face in conversation in the synagogue, which doesn't usually happen elsewhere.
en 2011 Andrew B. Leiter Southerners on Film: Essays on Hollywood Portrayals Since the 1970s McFarland 9780786487028 181 and the imposing images of her pioneer, but now diabetic and near-blind father, Furman Temple (Ralph Waite) and her Southernly genteel theatrical mother,
en 2019 James T Sears Lonely Hunters: An Oral History Of Lesbian And Gay Southern Life, 1948-1968 Routledge 9780429710919 The Southerners later convened in Birmingham to organize the States' Rights party, selecting Senator Strom Thurmond It wasn't a Southernly reception.