Westerly Definition & Meaning
westerly
- adverb
- toward the west; "we began to steer away westerly"- Daniel Defoe
- from the west; "the wind blew westerly"
- adjective
- of wind; from the west
- moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers"
- noun
- the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
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"wasington trust co westerly"
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"washington trust co westerly"
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"memorial day parade in westerly"
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- What does westerly mean?
- toward the west; "we began to steer away westerly"- Daniel Defoe from the west; "the wind blew westerly" of wind; from the west moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers" the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
- What part of speech is westerly?
- Westerly is an adverb, an adjective, and a noun.
- How many definitions does westerly have?
- Westerly has 5 definitions across 3 parts of speech (adverb, adjective, noun).