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1. Toward the west
   "we began to steer away westerly"
    
2. From the west
   "the wind blew westerly"

1. The winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
   - prevailing westerly

1. Of wind; from the west
   - western
    
2. Moving toward the west
   "westerly pioneers";
   - westbound, westward

Derived forms: westerlies

See also: west

Type of: west wind, wester

Antonym: easterly

Encyclopedia: Westerly Westerly, RI Westerly, Rhode Island