westerly

westerly is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective, adverb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from the west; western. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to the west; toward the west; coming from the west; western.
2. adverb. Toward the west; westward.
3. noun. the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
4. adjective. moving toward the west

   "westbound pioneers"

   Synonyms: westbound, westward

5. adjective. of wind; from the west

   Synonyms: western

6. adverb. from the west

   "the wind blew westerly"

7. adverb. toward the west- Daniel Defoe

   "we began to steer away westerly"

Synonyms

westbound, westward, western

Common word forms

westerlies

Words from these letters

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