westerly

See also: Westerly

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛs.tə(ɹ).li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛs.tɚ.li/

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Adjective

westerly (comparative more westerly, superlative most westerly)

1. Facing the west; directed towards the west.

   a westerly course or voyage

   • 2002, Jaime Suchlicki, Cuba: From Columbus to Castro and Beyond, Potomac Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 13:

     Tall, blue-eyed, this proud and stubborn Genoese seaman first visited Portugal, proposing his scheme for a westerly voyage in search of the Indies.

2. Located towards or in the west.

   the westerly side of a lake

3. (of wind) Coming from the west.

   a westerly wind

Synonyms

• ponent
• westly

Related terms

• (wind): wester

Translations

to/from the west

• Bulgarian: западен (zapaden)
• Esperanto: okcidenta
• Danish: vestlig (da)
• Georgian: დასავლეთის (dasavletis), დასავლეთით (dasavletit), დასავლეთისკენ (dasavletisḳen), დასავლეთიდან (dasavletidan)
• German: westlich (de)
• Italian: occidentale (it)
• Latin: occidentālis (la) m or f, occidentāle n
• Russian: за́падный (ru) m (západnyj)
• Swedish: västlig (sv)
• Ukrainian: за́хідний (uk) m (záxidnyj)

Adverb

westerly (comparative more westerly, superlative most westerly)

1. Towards the west.

Usage notes

Used by land surveyors when they do not want to or cannot say specifically "west".

Synonyms

• westly

Noun

westerly (plural westerlies)

1. A westerly wind or storm, one blowing or coming from the west.

Synonyms

• zephyr

Translations

wind blowing from the west

• Bulgarian: западен вятър m (zapaden vjatǎr)
• Danish: vestenvind (da) c
• Georgian: დასავლეთის ქარი (dasavletis kari)
• German: Westwind (de) m
• Maori: hauārahi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vestavind (no) m

  Nynorsk: vestavind m

• Russian: за́падный ве́тер m (západnyj véter)

Derived terms

• north-westerly, northwesterly
• south-westerly, southwesterly

Anagrams

• sweltery