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US
/ˌnɔɹθˈwɛstɝɫi/
]
[ UK /nɔːθwˈɛstəli/ ]
[ UK /nɔːθwˈɛstəli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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coming from the northwest
northwesterly winds - situated in or oriented toward the northwest
How To Use northwesterly In A Sentence
- On the worst day, Wednesday 12 November, northwesterly gales caused exceptional dust-storms to sweep across three states.
- A patched-together version of I-95 or I-5, Tampa snaked north to Baghdad and through Baghdad Traffic Circle, shot a northwesterly arrow beyond Yarmuk Traffic Circle in Mosul, about 220 miles from Baghdad, and then continued north before running its course in Turkey. Hope Unseen
- By Thursday, cool northwesterly winds will bring scattered showers to much of the country, with forecasters warning of a more serious downturn by next weekend that will see temperatures fall well below normal. Indian summer brings out the crowds
- Parcel E. Beginning at the southerly end of Sengekon - tacket pond at point of outlet to Trapps pond: thence northeasterly to the west line of the state highway '; thence by said highway northwesterly to the old entrance to said pond; thence westerly by said old entrance to the pond; thence southeasterly by the pond to the point of beginning. Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
- The active phase is usually associated with broad areas of cloud and rain, with sustained moderate to fresh northwesterly winds on the north side of the trough.
- They show that the bounding faults of the "graben" cut the Chumstick Formation and that the southwestern bounding fault really is a composed of northwesterly trending reverse faults and younger northerly strike-slip faults, both of which cut northwesterly striking folds in the Chumstick Formation. EurekAlert! - Breaking News
- In April (2002) the trail was marked with white arrows painted on the rocks all the way to the top, it goes in a northwesterly direction around the mountain, the final ascend is from the west. Peace and beauty - roaming the hills around Morelia
- Climate: generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral The 2004 CIA World Factbook
- It was expected that Emily would turn in a west-northwesterly direction, but she stayed on her original westward course.
- The northwesterly limit of each lake parcel is shown as being the water's edge.