Associations to the word «Easterly»
Noun
- Shower
- Passing
- Firth
- Huron
- Steering
- Avenue
- Loch
- Gulf
- Plain
- Hurricane
- Lagoon
- Basin
- Oceanic
- Surge
- Brook
- Five
- Downs
- Ny
- Burlington
- Curve
- Depression
- Tributary
- Farmland
- Rise
- Reversal
- Thames
- Dry
- Cloud
- Dorset
- Sea
- Northeast
- Bend
- Lying
- Pass
- Boulevard
- Road
- Fulton
- Cr
- Summit
- Gambler
- Continent
- Bury
- Kilometre
- Extremity
- Forty
- Section
- Climate
- Altitude
- Caledonia
- Rhine
- Sou
Adjective
Wiktionary
EASTERLY, noun. (meteorology) Any persistent wind from the east (usually applied to broad currents or belts of easterly winds).
EASTERLY, adjective. Facing the east; directed towards the east.
EASTERLY, adjective. Located towards the east.
EASTERLY, adjective. Coming from the east.
EASTERLY, adverb. In an eastward direction or position; towards the east.
EASTERLY, adverb. From the east.
Dictionary definition
EASTERLY, noun. A wind from the east.
EASTERLY, adverb. From the east; "the winds blew easterly all night".
EASTERLY, adjective. Lying in or toward the east; "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities".
EASTERLY, adjective. From the east; used especially of winds; "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly".
Wise words
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