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RELATED WORD : prevailing westerly

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun westerly has 1 sense

• westerly(n = noun.phenomenon) prevailing westerly - the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth; Array
is a kind of west wind, wester
Derived form adjective westerly₁

Adjective westerly has 2 senses

• westerly(s = adj.all) western - of wind; from the west; Array
Derived forms noun wester₁, noun westerly₁

• westerly(s = adj.all) westbound, westward - moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers"

Adverbial westerly has 2 senses

• westerly(r = adv.all) Array - toward the west; "we began to steer away westerly"
• westerly(r = adv.all) Array - from the west; "the wind blew westerly"
Antonym: easterly

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THESAURUS

westerly

Euroclydon, Tehuantepec wind, Tehuantepecer, antarctic, arctic, austral, bise, boreal, east, east wind, eastbound, easter, easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, 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, western, westernmost

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