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easterly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun easterly has 1 sense
- easterly(n = noun.phenomenon) east wind, easter - a wind from the east; Array has particulars: levanter
is a kind of air current, current of air, wind
Adjective easterly has 2 senses
- easterly(s = adj.all) eastern - lying in or toward the east; "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities"
- easterly(s = adj.all) eastern - from the east; used especially of winds; "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly" Derived form noun easter2
Adverbial easterly has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
easterly, a.
- Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind. [1913 Webster]
- Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage. [1913 Webster]
easterly, adv.
Toward, or in the direction of, the east. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
easterly, adj., adv., & n.
--adj. & adv.
1 in an eastern position or direction.
2 (of a wind) blowing from the east.
--n. (pl. -ies) a wind blowing from the east.
--adj. & adv.
1 in an eastern position or direction.
2 (of a wind) blowing from the east.
--n. (pl. -ies) a wind blowing from the east.
THESAURUS
easterly
E, Euroclydon, Tehuantepec wind, Tehuantepecer, antarctic, arctic, austral, bise, boreal, east, east wind, eastabout, eastbound, easter, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, eastward, eastwardly, eastwards, gregale, hyperborean, levanter, meridional, mistral, north, north wind, northbound, northeast, northeaster, northeasterly, northeastern, norther, northerly, northern, northernmost, northwest, northwester, northwesterly, northwestern, occidental, oriental, south, south wind, southbound, southeast, southeaster, southeasterly, southeastern, souther, southerly, southerly buster, southern, southernmost, southwest, southwester, southwesterly, southwestern, tramontane, west, west wind, westbound, wester, westerly, western, westernmost
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