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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024west•er•ly /ˈwɛstɚli/USA pronunciation adj., adv. - toward or from the west:a westerly wind; The wind turned westerly.
n. [countable], pl. -lies. - Meteorologya wind that blows from the west.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024west•er•ly (wes′tər lē),USA pronunciation adj., adv., n., pl. -lies. adj. - moving, directed, or situated toward the west:the westerly end of the field.
- Meteorology(esp. of a wind) coming from the west:a westerly gale.
adv. - toward the west:to escape westerly.
- Meteorologyfrom the west:a sharp wind blowing westerly.
n. - Meteorologya wind that blows from the west:an occasional westerly that pommeled the island.
- Meteorology westerlies, (used with a pl. v.) any semipermanent belt of westerly winds, esp. those that prevail at latitudes lying between the tropical and polar regions of the earth.
- west + -erly, as in easterly 1570–80
- a town in SW Rhode Island. 18,580.
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