The typhoon moved in a westerly direction.
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Westerly
//ˈwɛs.tɚ.li//
Synonyms for "westerly" (78 found)
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24 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- западен adj (to/from the west)
- западен вятър noun (wind blowing from the west)
Danish
2 entries- vestlig adj (to/from the west)
- vestenvind noun (wind blowing from the west)
Esperanto
2 entries- okcidenta adj (to/from the west)
- okcidenten adv (towards the west)
Georgian
4 entries- დასავლეთიდან adj (to/from the west)
- დასავლეთით adj (to/from the west)
- დასავლეთის adj (to/from the west)
- დასავლეთისკენ adj (to/from the west)
German
2 entries- westlich adj (to/from the west)
- Westwind noun (wind blowing from the west)
Italian
1 entries- occidentale adj (to/from the west)
Latin
2 entries- occidentāle adj (to/from the west)
- occidentālis adj (to/from the west)
Māori
1 entries- hauārahi noun (wind blowing from the west)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vestavind noun (wind blowing from the west)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- vestavind noun (wind blowing from the west)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- باتی noun (wind blowing from the west)
Russian
2 entries- за́падный adj (to/from the west)
- за́падный ве́тер noun (wind blowing from the west)
Swedish
1 entries- västlig adj (to/from the west)
Ukrainian
1 entries- за́хідний adj (to/from the west)
Sample sentences
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Westerly winds are prevailing winds that blow from the west toward the east.
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They knew it would be harsh, but nothing could have prepared them for the terror of the almost continuous assaults from northeasterly storms and westerly gales that hardly eased for half of their crossing.
Source: tatoeba (12056863)
a westerly course or voyage
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