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westerly
adj
- 1. Said of a wind: coming from the west.
2. Looking, lying, etc towards the west.
- 1. To or towards the west.
- 1. A westerly wind.
2. meteorol.
- Winds that blow west to east, most often over the middle latitudes of both hemispheres. In the N hemisphere the westerlies blow from the SW, and in the S hemisphere they blow from the NW.
- Form: the westerlies
- Form: the Westerlies
