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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective northwesterly has 2 senses

• northwesterly(s = adj.all) northwest - coming from the northwest; "northwesterly winds"
Derived form noun northwester₁

• northwesterly(s = adj.all) northwest, northwestern - situated in or oriented toward the northwest; Array

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THESAURUS

northwesterly

NNW, NW, NW by N, NW by W, antarctic, arctic, austral, boreal, east, eastbound, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, hyperborean, meridional, north, north-northwest, northbound, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northerly, northern, northernmost, northwest, northwest by north, northwest by west, northwestern, northwestward, northwestwardly, northwestwards, occidental, oriental, south, southbound, southeast, southeasterly, southeastern, southerly, southern, southernmost, southwest, southwesterly, southwestern, west, westbound, westerly, western, westernmost

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