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UK
/wˈɛstəli/
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[ US /ˈwɛstɝɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈwɛstɝɫi/ ]
NOUN
- the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
ADVERB
-
from the west
the wind blew westerly -
toward the west
we began to steer away westerly
ADJECTIVE
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moving toward the west
westbound pioneers - of wind; from the west
How To Use westerly In A Sentence
- The human species has not evolved such that it can tolerate sitting in that southwesterly location, behind uninsulated glass, leaning on a heat absorbing table of dark steel and not be grossly uncomfortable.
- After climbing a steep rise for about twenty minutes the road crested, then began to slope downwards, taking a more westerly direction.
- However, there was no sign of desperately needed rain and a westerly roared in from Australia's arid outback, fanning flames and scattering red hot embers to start new blazes.
- Winds are generally north-westerly, increasing in the afternoons and ranging from 5 knots to 20 knots (5¾mph to 23mph). Times, Sunday Times
- A light westerly wind blew, gentle as the day, and whipped up the dusts moving them to scattered graves and other surrounding parts of the city.
- During more intense El Niño episodes, westerly winds are observed over parts of the equatorial western and central Pacific.
- The most westerly point of the island is steeped in history. The Sun
- These studies also show that birds using easterly coastal flyways in the fall return by more westerly central routes in spring.
- France: 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 2001 CIA World Factbook
- Its movement is north-northwesterly at 15 miles per hour. CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2005