Hypertext Webster Gateway: "westerly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Westerly \West"er*ly\, a.
Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from
the west; western.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Westerly \West"er*ly\, adv.
Toward the west; westward.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
westerly
adj 1: lying in or toward the west [syn: {western}]
2: of wind; from the west [syn: {western}]
3: moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers" [syn: {westbound},
{westward}]
n : the west-to-east winds that occur in the temperate zones of
the Earth [syn: {prevailing westerly}]
adv 1: toward the west; "we began to steer away westerly"- Daniel
Defoe
2: from the west; "the wind blew westerly" [ant: {easterly}]
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