different between easter vs easterly

English

Etymology

Old English eastera, eastra. Compare norther, souther, wester.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?.st?/

Adjective

easter (comparative more easter, superlative most easter)

1. (now regional) Eastern. [from 8th c.]
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 57:

     In the mean while, as our apartment was a corner one, and looked both east and north, I ran to the easter casement to look after Drummond.

Derived terms

• easterly
• Easter Ross

Related terms

• wester

References

• “easter” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Anagrams

• Teresa, aretes, arsete, arêtes, asteer, earset, eaters, ratees, reseat, saeter, seater, staree, teares, teaser

English

Etymology

easter +? -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?is.t??li/

Noun

easterly (plural easterlies)

1. (meteorology) Any persistent wind from the east (usually applied to broad currents or belts of easterly winds).

Translations

See also

• equatorial easterly
• tropical easterly
• polar easterly

Adjective

easterly (comparative more easterly, superlative most easterly)

1. Facing the east; directed towards the east.

   an easterly course or voyage

2. Located towards the east.

   the easterly side of a lake

3. Coming from the east.

   an easterly wind

Synonyms

• eastly

Derived terms

• easterliness

Translations

Adverb

easterly (comparative more easterly, superlative most easterly)

1. In an eastward direction or position; towards the east.
2. From the east.

Synonyms

• eastly

Anagrams

• tresayle