west-south-westerlyadv.adj.
/ˌwɛs(t)saʊ(θ)ˈwɛstəli/, U.S. /ˌwɛs(t)ˌsaʊ(θ)ˈwɛstərli/ A. adv.
= west-south-west adv.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > West-south-west > [adverb]
west-south-west?1440
west-south-west1513
west-south-westerly1797
west-south-westward1808
west-south-westwards1853
1797 Amer. Gazetteer at Indians Taking his course west-south-westerly from the ports on the lakes, he penetrated to the head of the Missouri.
1878 B. S. Lyman Rep. Second Year's Progress Surv. Oil Lands Japan 32 In Uchiseto, about a league and a half west south-westerly of Hujieda.
1916 J. Masefield Gallipoli i. 5 Beyond this, pointing roughly west-southwesterly, is the final tongue or finger of the Peninsula.
2009 Echo (Victoria, Austral.) (Nexis) 25 June 39 Early light winds probably tending west-southwesterly during the day.
B. adj.
Directed towards the west-south-west. Of a wind: blowing from the west-south-west.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > West-south-west > [adjective]
west-south-westa1398
west-south-west?c1475
west-south-westerly1816
1816 H. Ker Trav. Western Interior U.S. 189 I now determined to steer a west southwesterly course, as I wished to reach the confines of Mexico.
1825 Mem. Navigation S. Amer. 6 Fresh southerly, south-westerly, and west-south-westerly breezes followed, and hard squalls.
1881 W. Powell in Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. (New Ser.) 3 92 A long straight piece of coast, running in a west-south-westerly direction.
1902 Med. Rev. 5 132/2 The most prevalent wind is south-westerly and west-south-westerly.
2003 P. Garrison Sea Hunter xiii. 131 As long as the catamaran didn't take too much of a pounding running across the seas,..he could stick to this west-southwesterly course around the back side of the depression.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adv.adj.1797