westerly
/ˈwɛs.tə(ɹ).li//ˈwɛs.tɚ.li/
westerly adjective: coming from the west; originating in the west.
Adjective
westerly (comparative more westerly, superlative most westerly)
- Coming from the west; originating in the west.
- a westerly wind
- a westerly breeze
- Facing the west; directed towards the west.
- a westerly course
- a westerly voyage
- Located towards or in the west.
- the westerly side of the 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...1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 594
Adverb
westerly (comparative more westerly, superlative most westerly)
- Towards the west.
Noun
westerly (plural westerlies)
- A 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
- Synonyms:
- zephyr
Proper noun capitalized: Westerly
Westerly
westerly meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam
westerly in Hindi
- wind blowing from the west
- पछुआ pachuā, पछिया pachiyā
westerly in Urdu
- باد غربی, غربی
westerly in Telugu
- వెస్టర్లీ
westerly in Malayalam
- പടിഞ്ഞാട്ടുനിന്നും വീശുന്ന, പശ്ചിമവാതമായ, പശ്ചിമാഭിമുഖമായി സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്ന, പടിഞ്ഞാറായ
Examples of westerly in a sentence
- She were a gentle westerly wind yer cursin’.2019, Robert Eggers, Max Eggers, The Lighthouse (motion picture), spoken by Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe), set in Maine, United States, during...
- 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:
- 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.1955 September, H. A. Vallance, “The Border Counties Line”, in Railway Magazine, page 594:
Synonyms of westerly
Antonyms
Forms of westerly
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more westerly |
| superlative | most westerly |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more westerly |
| superlative | most westerly |
| Noun | |
| plural | westerlies |
Words formed from westerly
Questions about westerly
- What does westerly mean?
- Westerly means coming from the west; originating in the west.
- What is westerly in Hindi?
- Westerly in Hindi is पछुआ (pachuā), पछिया (pachiyā). See Westerly meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use westerly in a sentence?
- She were a gentle westerly wind yer cursin’.
- What part of speech is westerly?
- Westerly can be an adjective, an adverb, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce westerly?
- Westerly is pronounced /ˈwɛs.tə(ɹ).li/ (UK).
Words near westerly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: westerly (page history and authors); Westerly (page history and authors); westerly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); westerly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Westerly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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