westerly en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Meanings
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(of the wind, usually) Coming from the west; originating in the west.
a westerly breeze
a westerly wind
Don’t be so darn foolish. It’s the calm afore the storm, Winslow. She were a gentle westerly wind yer cursin’. Only feels roughly ‘cause you don’t know nothin’ bout nothin’ and there ain’t no trees on this here rock like your Hudson Bay bush. Nor’Easterly wind’ll come soon a-blowin’ like Gabriel’s horn. Best board up them signal house winders.
2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe), set in Maine, United States, during the 1890s with dialogue written to reflect the time period:
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Facing the west; directed towards the west.
Tall, blue-eyed, this proud and stubborn Genoese seaman first visited Portugal, proposing his scheme for a westerly voyage in search of the Indies.
2002, Jaime Suchlicki, Cuba: From Columbus to Castro and Beyond, Potomac Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 13:a westerly course
a westerly voyage
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Located towards or in the west.
the westerly side of the lake
The head of the North Tyne is reached at Deadwater, 36 miles from Hexham. The river has its source just on the English side of the Border, at the foot of Peel Fell, the most westerly spur of the Cheviots. At first it is a sluggish stream (hence the name Deadwater) but begins to flow more swiftly before it reaches Kielder.
1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 594:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most westerly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more westerly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
westward · easterly · eastbound · easterly · easterly · eastward · westbound · eastern · eastward
Coordinates
southeasterly · southerly · southerly · northerly · northwesterly · southwesterly · northeasterly · northeasterly · southwesterly · northwesterly · southerly · southeasterly · northeasterly · northwesterly · southeasterly · northerly · northerly · southwesterly
Relateds
out west · wester (wind) · go west
Synonyms
ponent · westly · western · westward · ponent · west · eastbound · ponent · westward · westly · westbound · eastward · westly
Translations (14)
it occidentale (to/from the west) · uk за́хідний (to/from the west) · da vestlig (to/from the west) · eo okcidenta (to/from the west) · ka დასავლეთისკენ (to/from the west) · ka დასავლეთიდან (to/from the west) · bg западен (to/from the west) · ru за́падный (to/from the west) · sv västlig (to/from the west) · de westlich (to/from the west) · ka დასავლეთის (to/from the west) · la occidentāle (to/from the west) · ka დასავლეთით (to/from the west) · la occidentālis (to/from the west)