Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Situated toward the east.
- adjective Coming or being from the east.
- noun A storm or wind coming from the east.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Moving or directed eastward: as, an easterly current; an easterly course.
- Situated toward the east: as, the easterly side of a lake.
- Looking toward the east: as, an easterly exposure.
- Coming from the east: as, an easterly wind; an easterly rain.
- On the east; in the direction of east.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Coming from the east.
- adjective Situated, directed, or moving toward the east
- adverb Toward, or in the direction of, the east.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun meteorology Any
persistent wind from the east (usually applied to broad currents or belts of easterly winds). - adjective Facing the east; directed towards the east.
- adjective Located towards the east.
- adjective Coming from the east.
- adverb In an
eastward direction or position; towards the east. - adverb From the east.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wind from the east
- adverb from the east
- adjective lying in or toward the east
- adjective from the east; used especially of winds
Etymologies
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Examples
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Weather disturbances in the trade winds, known as easterly waves, are another source of cloud development and precipitation in the tropics.
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Also, the wind anomaly shown by the arrows in the western area is easterly, which is consistent with development of a La Nina, if the wind persists.
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The Borneons, from being so harassed by these pirates, call the easterly wind 'the pirate wind.'
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel
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We re-saddled our horses, and searched those nearest, that is to say easterly; but no water was found, nor any place that could hold it for an hour after it fell from the sky.
Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, Ernest Giles 1866
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That the country did not become known through Verrazzano is evident from the letter, in which it is stated that he ran along the entire coast, from the harbor to which they remained fifteen days, one hundred and fifty leagues easterly, that is from Cape Cod to the
The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America Henry Cruse Murphy 1846
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That's what I done, and if you'll search them records you'll find the word 'easterly' standin 'cool and ca'm in every place where it ought to be ....
Scattergood Baines Clarence Budington Kelland 1922
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I've come to the most easterly point in North America in the hope of having an up close and personal experience with whales.
Margie Goldsmith: A Close Encounter with New Foundland's Humpbacks Margie Goldsmith 2011
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And in Africa, "The easterly winds that are supposed to bring moisture into East Africa were reduced," says meteorologist Wassila Thiaw, head of the Africa desk at the U.S. National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center.
Experts: La Niña, Climate Change Impact East African Drought 2011
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This island, the most easterly of the Caribbean, has a remarkable history stretching back, on the one hand, to the Amero-Indians of 4,000BC and on the other to the apex of British imperialism.
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In intricate black-and-white the map revealed Britain's south-easterly corner as a mesh of bridleways, brooks and field boundaries.
Map of a Nation by Rachel Hewitt – review Ian Thomson 2010
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