east-north-easterlyadj.adv.
/ˌiːs(t)nɔːθˈiːstəli/, U.S. /ˌis(t)ˌnɔrθˈistərli/ A. adj.
= east-north-east adj.
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1816 H. Ker Trav. Western Interior U.S. v. 56 A spacious grotto, situated in the east northeasterly corner of this cluster.
1874 Overland Monthly Sept. 268/1 Bloody Cañon..runs in a general east-north-easterly direction to the edge of the Mono plain.
1925 Times 19 Nov. 18/5 The anchorage previously arranged in Falmouth Bay being considered unfavourable in the prevailing east north-easterly wind.
1977 Jrnl. Ecol. 65 498 This bank runs in an east-north-easterly direction for about 15 km at a depth of about 10 m.
1999 I. H. Grant tr. P. Butel Atlantic ii. 59 Sailing with an east-north-easterly wind, Newfoundland's shores loomed from the sea after 32 days.
B. adv.
= east-north-east adv.
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1826 C. Waldron Pract. Hints Better Navigation Steam Vessels 87 The following bearings by compass, viz.—..the Galloper Light east northeasterly 11 miles.
1901 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1900 310 Following the southeasterly margin of the ancient gneiss east-northeasterly from the serpentine at Pocopsin Inn, we find the next outcrop at Sconneltown.
1930 Marshall (Mich.) Evening Chron. 27 Aug. 1/8 The storm seems to be moving east-northeasterly.
2001 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 24 Jan. 67 The fire..raced east north-easterly over the Western Highway.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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