westerly

English

Adjective

westerly (comparative more westerly, superlative most westerly)

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

Synonyms

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)

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)

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

Anagrams

sweltery

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