Definitions for Westerly

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Westerly west·er·ly

Spelling: [wes-ter-lee]

IPA: /ˈwɛs tər li/

Westerly is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 224 anagrams from letters in Westerly (eelrstwy).

Definitions for Westerly

noun

1. a wind that blows from the west:
2. westerlies, (used with a plural verb) any semipermanent belt of westerly winds, especially those that prevail at latitudes lying between the tropical and polar regions of the earth.
3. a town in SW Rhode Island.

adverb

1. toward the west:
2. from the west:

adjective

1. moving, directed, or situated toward the west:
2. (especially of a wind) coming from the west:

Origin of Westerly

1570-80; west + -erly, as in easterly

Examples for Westerly

It ought to hang on westerly and dry for another four or five days.

westerly Deviation is applied exactly as westerly Variation.

Corporal Smith's patrol was at the westerly end of the line.

They therefore pressed on westerly, hoping soon to reach the Mississippi.

Strong easterly winds drove the fire down the westerly slopes of the Carmel Range.

It was followed by a calm, and afterwards by westerly winds.

The 'possum is found from Connecticut to Florida and westerly to California.

When snow began to fall with a westerly wind, that was sign number one.

Leeway on the starboard tack is the same as westerly Variation.

We will first visit Morocco, the most westerly of Moslem countries.