Associations to the word «Westerly»

Wiktionary

WESTERLY, adjective. Situated in the west.
WESTERLY, adjective. (of wind) Coming from the west.
WESTERLY, adverb. Towards the west.
WESTERLY, noun. A westerly wind or storm.

Dictionary definition

WESTERLY, noun. The winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth.
WESTERLY, adverb. Toward the west; "we began to steer away westerly"- Daniel Defoe.
WESTERLY, adverb. From the west; "the wind blew westerly".
WESTERLY, adjective. Of wind; from the west.
WESTERLY, adjective. Moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats