westerly

5 definitions found

westerly - 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]

  Westerly \West"er*ly\, adv.
     Toward the west; westward.
     [1913 Webster]

westerly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

westerly - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Westerly, RI (CDP, FIPS 76820)
    Location: 41.37055 N, 71.81034 W
    Population (1990): 16477 (7019 housing units)
    Area: 37.6 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 02891

westerly - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "westerly":
     Euroclydon, Tehuantepec wind, Tehuantepecer, antarctic, arctic,
     austral, bise, boreal, east, east wind, eastbound, easter,
     easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, 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,
     tramontane, west, west wind, westbound, wester, western,
     westernmost