westerly

westerly

English

Adjective

westerly (comparative more westerly, superlative most westerly)

1. Situated in the west.
2. (of wind) Coming from the west.

Synonyms

• ponent
• westly

Related terms

• (wind): wester

Translations

to/from the west

Georgian: დასავლეთის (dasavletis), დასავლეთით (dasavletit), დასავლეთისკენ (dasavletisḳen), დასავლეთიდან (dasavletidan) German: westlich (de) Italian: occidentale (it) Latin: occidentālis (la) m or f, occidentāle n

Russian: за́падный (ru) m (západnyj) Swedish: västlig (sv) Ukrainian: за́хідний (uk) m (záxidnyj)

Adverb

westerly (comparative more westerly, superlative most westerly)

1. Towards the west.

Usage notes

Used by Land Surveyors when they do not want to be specific (not Astronomic West)

Synonyms

• westly

Noun

westerly (plural westerlies)

1. A westerly wind or storm.

Synonyms

• zephyr

Translations

wind blowing from the west

Georgian: დასავლეთის ქარი (dasavletis kari) German: Westwind (de) m Norwegian: Bokmål: vestavind (no) m Nynorsk: vestavind m

Russian: за́падный ве́тер m (západnyj véter)

Derived terms

• north-westerly, northwesterly
• south-westerly, southwesterly

Anagrams

• sweltery