Westerly Meaning
/ˈwɛs.tə(ɹ).li/, /ˈwɛs.tɚ.li/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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adjFacing the west; directed towards the west.
"a westerly course or voyage"
"Tall, blue-eyed, this proud and stubborn Genoese seaman first visited Portugal, proposing his scheme for a westerly voyage in search of the Indies."— 2002, Jaime Suchlicki, Cuba: From Columbus to Castro and Beyond, Potomac Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 13:
adjLocated towards or in the west.
"the westerly side of a lake"
"The head of the North Tyne is reached at Deadwater, 36 miles from Hexham. The river has its source just on the English side of the Border, at the foot of Peel Fell, the most westerly spur of the Cheviots. At first it is a sluggish stream (hence the name Deadwater) but begins to flow more swiftly before it reaches Kielder."— 1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 594:
adjComing from the west.
"a westerly wind"
"Don’t be so darn foolish. It’s the calm afore the storm, Winslow. She were a gentle westerly wind yer cursin’. Only feels roughly ‘cause you don’t know nothin’ bout nothin’ and there ain’t no trees on this here rock like your Hudson Bay bush. Nor’Easterly wind’ll come soon a-blowin’ like Gabriel’s horn. Best board up them signal house winders."— 2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe):
advTowards the west.
nounA westerly wind or storm, one blowing or coming from the west.
"A road that runs due west from Dale passes the village church and Dale Castle, and a footpath continues to Westdale Bay, a sandy beach used by surfers when the westerlies send great rollers crashing in from the Atlantic."— 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 141:
nameA town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.
nameAn unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
Sentence Examples
The typhoon moved in a westerly direction.
Westerly winds are prevailing winds that blow from the west toward the east.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The cold ____ wind from the Atlantic made the beach feel chilly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A strong ____ wind brought some cold air and some light rain into the region earlier this morning today.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The cold ____ wind from the Atlantic made the beach feel chilly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
A strong ____ wind brought some cold air and some light rain into the region earlier this morning today.