Easterly

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Easterly \East"er*ly\, a.
     1. Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.
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     2. Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the
        easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Easterly \East"er*ly\, adv.
     Toward, or in the direction of, the east.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  easterly
       adj 1: lying in or toward the east; "the east side of NY"; "eastern
              cities" [syn: {eastern}]
       2: from the east; used especially of winds; "an east wind";
          "the winds are easterly" [syn: {eastern}]
       n : a wind from the east [syn: {east wind}, {easter}]
       adv : from the east; "the winds blew easterly all night" [ant: {westerly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "easterly":
     E, Euroclydon, Tehuantepec wind, Tehuantepecer, antarctic, arctic,
     austral, bise, boreal, east, east wind, eastabout, eastbound,
     easter, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, eastward, eastwardly,
     eastwards, 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, westerly, western, westernmost