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westerly::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | western |
| Derivation | wester |
westerly::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | prevailing westerly |
| Type of | west wind, wester |
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the wind blew westerly.
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we began to steer away westerly.
Examples of westerly
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On leaving Benin he travelled in a westerly direction to the land of the Yoruba.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This is also preceded and accompanied by anomalous westerly wind at low levels.
From the ocregister.com
Winters are mild because of the prevalence of westerly winds from the Atlantic.
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The Southern Hemisphere westerly winds have moved southward in the last 30 years.
From the sciencedaily.com
When the polar vortex is strong, westerly flow descends to the Earth's surface.
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South-westerly vertical wind shear led to a weakening trend to begin on April 29.
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Situated in the centre of Durness, mainland Britain's most north-westerly village.
From the telegraph.co.uk
We are expecting some good westerly wind and fast sailing in the next couple days.
From the sacbee.com
Today, westerly winds bring relatively warm moist air, heating Western Europe.
From the nature.com
- Of wind; from the west
- Toward the west; "we began to steer away westerly"- Daniel Defoe
- Westbound: moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers"
- Westerly is a train station in Westerly, Rhode Island. It is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional train, and was originally built in 1912 by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
- Westerly is a literary magazine that is produced at the University of Western Australia English Department since 1956. It is currently publishes two issues a year.
- Westerly is a historic home located at Piffard in Livingston County, New York. It was built in 1850 by a local builder named McBride. ...
- Westerly is a town on the southwestern shoreline of Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1669 by John Babcock, it is a beachfront community on the south shore of the state. The population was 22,966 at the 2000 census. ...
- An air mass that moves away from a subtropical high pressure belt toward higher latitudes. Westerlies blow from the southwest in the North Hemisphere and from the northwest in the Southern Hemisphere.*
