[syn: westbound, westerly, westward]
ADVERB (2)
1. toward the west;
- Example: "we began to steer away westerly"- Daniel Defoe
2. from the west;
- Example: "the wind blew westerly"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Westerly \West"er*ly\, a.
Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from
the west; western.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Westerly \West"er*ly\, adv.
Toward the west; westward.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
westerly
adv 1: toward the west; "we began to steer away westerly"-
Daniel Defoe
2: from the west; "the wind blew westerly" [ant: easterly]
adj 1: of wind; from the west [syn: westerly, western]
2: moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers" [syn:
westbound, westerly, westward]
n 1: the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones
of the Earth [syn: prevailing westerly, westerly]