westerly
adjective/ˈwestəli/
/ˈwestərli/
- [only before noun] in or towards the west
- travelling in a westerly direction
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- [usually before noun] (of winds) blowing from the west
- westerly gales
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from obsolete wester ‘western’ + -ly.
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