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▪ I. westernly, a. Now rare.|ˈwɛstənlɪ|
[f. western a. + -ly1. Cf. westerly a.]
1. Situated in or towards the west.
1622Blundevil Exerc., Descr. Univ. Maps (ed. 6) 790 The Westernly [1597 Westerly] 18 Meridians. 1657J. Watts Scribe etc. Dipper Sprinkled 50 Our Westernly Northen Climate is colder much then those Easternly Southern.
2. Directed towards the west; extending westwards.
c1595Capt. Wyatt Dudley's Voy. (Hakl. Soc.) 52 Wee..after altered that course and bear for the coste of Florida, a more westernlie course. 1643G. Wilde Serm. bef. Ho. Comm. 3 Mar. 27 To look East upon the Rising Laity, and to reflect a Westernly Glance upon the declining Clergy. 1848B. Webb Cont. Ecclesiol. 482 Thus nineteen [churches] have an easternly orientation:—and exactly nineteen also have a westernly direction. 1897Daily News 21 May 5/5 The road..next turns in a westernly direction.
▪ II. ˈwesternly, adv.
[f. western a. + -ly2.]
†1. Towards the west. Obs.
1590Greene Never too late (1600) B 3 b, France..beeing westernly seated neere great Brittaine. 1691Ray Creation 136 Why the same Eclipse..should be seen to them that live one degree more Westernly.
2. In a Western manner.
1588[see Kentishly adv.]. 1976M. H. Kingston Woman Warrior (1977) 59 The one [Chinese] faculty member in the western suit smiles westernly. 1982C. Thomas Jade Tiger iii. 59 A stylised, dignified, almost Westernly-handsome Chinese. 1983Christian Science Monitor 15 Feb. 12/1 Dressing more stylishly—and often, more Westernly—is a preoccupation... Young Russians pass quick and critical judgement on the clothes of their peers. |