Synonyms:
prevailing_westerly, westerly
Meaning: the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
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meaning of the word
Synonyms:
westerly
Meaning: toward the west; "we began to steer away westerly"- Daniel Defoe
Usage examples
Four of them, Beta, Alpha, Delta, and Epsilon are traveling eastwardly at various speeds, while the fifth, Gamma, moves in a westerly direction.
Next day I parted company with my timid companion, as I left the great northern road to turn more westerly in the direction of Osbaldistone Manor, my uncle's seat.
The wind, to which they were sailing very close, was westerly, and it bore to their ears a booming sound which in less experienced ears might have passed for the breaking of surf upon a lee shore.