Home › Words › S › southeasterlysoutheasterlysoutheasterly means situated in, or pointing to, the southeast.EtymologyFrom south + easterly.adjsituated in, or pointing to, the southeaste.g.“The people of the southeasterly clusters—concerning whom, however, but little is known—have a bad name as cannibals; and for that reason their hospitality is seldom taxed by the mariner.” — 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:coming from the southeastadvFrom the southeast.nounA strong wind or storm from the southeast.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).