Definitions for southwesterly

southwesterly south·west·er·ly

Spelling: [south-wes-ter-lee; Nautical sou-wes-ter-lee]
IPA: /ˌsaʊθˈwɛs tər li; Nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛs tər li/

Southwesterly is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 22 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 1208 anagrams from letters in southwesterly (eehlorssttuwy).

Definitions for southwesterly

adjective, adverb

  1. toward or from the southwest.

Origin of southwesterly

1700-10; southwest + -erly (see easterly)

Examples for southwesterly

Stratton remembered Las Vegas as the name of a camp down at the southwesterly extremity of the ranch.

They travelled in a southwesterly direction, towards the Mediterranean Sea.

The habitat of this grape extends from southern Oklahoma, as a northern limit, southwesterly into Mexico.

They set out at a fox-trot, continuing their southwesterly direction.

A southwesterly breeze had sprung up, and there was a watery look about the sky.

For the next fourteen days, nothing remarkable occurred in the march, which had been in a southwesterly direction.

The principal ranges have a general northeasterly and southwesterly direction, and are about six in number.

The nursery should be a quiet room with a south or southwesterly exposure.

A southwesterly current was unmistakably obstructed by the little elevations, and left the small trails of dust in their lee.

During a southwesterly gale it may be thrown up on the shingle; at any other time it may be carried out to sea.

Word Value for southwesterly
Scrable

22

Words with friends

22

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