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westerly

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?w?st?(?)li/

Adjective

westerly (comparative more westerly, superlative most westerly)

  1. Situated in the west.
  2. (of wind) Coming from the west.

Synonyms

  • ponent
  • westly

Related terms

  • (wind): wester

Translations

Adverb

westerly (comparative more westerly, superlative most westerly)

  1. Towards the west.

Usage notes

Used by Land Surveyors when they do not want to be specific (not Astronomic West)

Synonyms

  • westly

Noun

westerly (plural westerlies)

  1. A westerly wind or storm.

Synonyms

  • zephyr

Translations

Derived terms

  • north-westerly, northwesterly
  • south-westerly, southwesterly

Anagrams

  • sweltery

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wester

English

Etymology

west +? -er

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?st?(?)

Noun

wester (plural westers)

  1. A strong westerly wind.

Verb

wester (third-person singular simple present westers, present participle westering, simple past and past participle westered)

  1. To move towards the west
    • 1936, Alfred Edward Housman, More Poems, XI, line 1-2
      The rainy Pleiads wester,
      Orion plunges prone,

Usage notes

  • Used especially of heavenly bodies.

Derived terms

  • westering

Translations

Adjective

wester (not comparable)

  1. (dialect) Western, westerly.

Derived terms

  • Wester Ross

Related terms

  • easter

References

  • “wester”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

  • Ewerts, rewets, stewer, tweers

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