Westerly

6 definitions found

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

  Westerly \West"er*ly\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from
     the west; western.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Westerly \West"er*ly\, adv.
     Toward the west; westward.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  westerly
       adj 1: lying in or toward the west [syn: {western}]
       2: of wind; from the west [syn: {western}]
       3: moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers" [syn: {westbound},
           {westward}]
       n : the west-to-east winds that occur in the temperate zones of
           the Earth [syn: {prevailing westerly}]
       adv 1: toward the west; "we began to steer away westerly"- Daniel
              Defoe
       2: from the west; "the wind blew westerly" [ant: {easterly}]

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

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "westerly":
     Euroclydon, Tehuantepec wind, Tehuantepecer, antarctic, arctic,
     austral, bise, boreal, east, east wind, eastbound, easter,
     easterly, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, 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, western,
     westernmost
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Westerly, RI (CDP, FIPS 76820)
    Location: 41.37055 N, 71.81034 W
    Population (1990): 16477 (7019 housing units)
    Area: 37.6 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 02891

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Westerly, RI -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Rhode Island
     Population (2000):    17682
     Housing Units (2000): 7812
     Land area (2000):     15.973258 sq. miles (41.370546 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.517786 sq. miles (1.341059 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    16.491044 sq. miles (42.711605 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            76820
     Located within:       Rhode Island (RI), FIPS 44
     Location:             41.374807 N, 71.818730 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     02891
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Westerly, RI
      Westerly