easterlyadjective
uk/ˈiː.stəl.i/us/ˈiː.stɚ.li/in or towards the east, or blowing from the east:
They were travelling in an easterly direction.
The town is in the most easterly part of the country.
easterly wind
a wind that blows from the east
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Points of the compass
- compass reading
- E, e
- east
- eastward
- geomagnetic pole
- N, n
- northeastern
- northeastward
- northerly
- northern
- northernmost
- northwestern
- northwestward
- southeastern
- southern
- southernmost
- southward
- southwestern
- true north
- western
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Wind & winds
easterlynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈiː.stəl.i/us/ˈiː.stɚ.li/a wind that blows from the east
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Wind & winds
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- breeze
- choppy
- drafty
- draught
- dust devil
- El Niño
- eolian
- hurricane
- jet stream
- northeast
- prevailing
- southeasterly
- southerly
- the Beaufort scale
- tornado
- wind gauge
- windsock
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