Westerly

//ˈwɛs.tɚ.li// adj, adv, name, noun

adj, adv, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A westerly wind or storm, one blowing or coming from the west.

    "A road that runs due west from Dale passes the village church and Dale Castle, and a footpath continues to Westdale Bay, a sandy beach used by surfers when the westerlies send great rollers crashing in from the Atlantic."

  2. 2
    the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Facing the west; directed towards the west.

    "a westerly course or voyage"

  2. 2
    Located towards or in the west.

    "the westerly side of a lake"

  3. 3
    Coming from the west.

    "a westerly wind"

Adjective
  1. 1
    moving toward the west wordnet
  2. 2
    of wind; from the west wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Towards the west.
Adverb
  1. 1
    from the west wordnet
  2. 2
    in a westward direction wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

Synonyms

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westwestboundponentwestlyantarcticarctic

Example

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"The typhoon moved in a westerly direction."

Related phrases

north-westerlysouth-westerly

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