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westerly
adjective
(wes-ter-ly)
of wind; from the west
Synonyms:
western
,
westerly
noun
(wes-ter-ly)
the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
Synonyms:
prevailing westerly,
westerly
adjective
(wes-ter-ly)
moving toward the west
Synonyms:
westbound
,
westward
,
westerly
(wes-ter-ly)
from the west
Antonyms:
easterly
,
Examples:
The wind blew westerly.
westerly
(wes-ter-ly)
toward the west
Examples:
We began to steer away westerly.
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westerly
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westward
,
west
,
wester
,
western
,
westbound
,
west wind
,
wind
,
boggled
,
northerly
,
southerly
,
easterly
,
northeasterly
,
southeasterly
,
southwesterly
,
northwesterly
,
nnw
,
wnw
,
east
,
north
,
meridional
,
southeast
,
extratropical
,
northwest
,
southwest
,
south
,
gusty
,
anticyclonic
,
showery
,
thundery
,
easternmost
,
squally
,
counterclockwise
,
upwind
,
westernmost
,
monsoonal
,
coastward
,
southernmost
,
convective
,
millibar
,
compass point
,
perpendicular
,
latitudinal
,
northwest by west
,
anticlockwise
,
northeast by east
,
southwest by south
,
northernmost
,
drier
,
west by north
,
east by north
,
east by south
,
west by south
,
northwest by north
,
northeast by north
,
south by west
,
north by west
,
east wind
,
ssw
,
north by east
,
southwest by west
,
south by east
,
southeast by east
,
southeast by south
,
extensional
,
tidal
,
onshore
,
anticlinal
,
wetter
,
wsw
,
subtropical
,
tyrrhenian
,
shoreward
,
peninsular
,
summerlike
,
nontropical
,
ecliptic
,
windier
,
cardinal compass point
,
southerly buster
,
erosional
,
alongshore
,
blowy
,
dextral
,
rhumb line
,
fresh breeze
,
compressional
,
gulf stream
,
colder
,
prime meridian
,
outermost
,
cyclonic
,
sunward
,
furthermost
,
subpolar
,
overthrust
,
light breeze
,
inshore
,
heteroscian
,
hummocky
,
downwind
,
westerly
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