'Westerly' definitions:
Definition of 'westerly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Toward the west; "we began to steer away westerly"- Daniel Defoe
adverb
From the west; "the wind blew westerly" [ant: easterly]
adjective
Of wind; from the west [syn: westerly, western]
adjective
noun
The winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth [syn: prevailing westerly, westerly]
Definition of 'Westerly'
From: GCIDE
- Westerly \West"er*ly\, a. Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from the west; western. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Westerly'
From: GCIDE
- Westerly \West"er*ly\, adv. Toward the west; westward. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'westerly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antarctic,
- arctic,
- austral,
- bise,
- boreal,
- east,
- east wind,
- eastbound,
- easter,
- easterly,
- eastermost,
- eastern,
- easternmost,
- Euroclydon,
- gregale,
- hyperborean,
- levanter,
- meridional,
- mistral,
- north,
- north wind,
- northbound,
- northeast,
- northeaster,
- northeasterly,
- northeastern,
- norther,
- northerly,
- northern,
- northernmost,
- northwest,
- northwester,
- northwesterly,
- northwestern,
- occidental,
- oriental,
- south,
- south wind,
- southbound,
- southeast,
- southeaster,
- southeasterly,
- southeastern,
- souther,
- southerly,
- southerly buster,
- southern,
- southernmost,
- southwest,
- southwester,
- southwesterly,
- southwestern,
- Tehuantepec wind,
- Tehuantepecer,
- tramontane,
- west,
- west wind,
- westbound,
- wester,
- western,
- westernmost
Westerly, RI -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Rhode Island
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Westerly, RI -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Rhode Island
Population (2000) :
17682
Housing Units (2000) :
7812
Land area (2000) :
15.973258 sq. miles (41.370546 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.517786 sq. miles (1.341059 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
16.491044 sq. miles (42.711605 sq. km)
FIPS code :
76820
Located within :
Rhode Island (RI), FIPS 44
Location :
41.374807 N, 71.818730 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
02891
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.