Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Northwesterly \North`west"er*ly\, a. Toward the northwest, or from the northwest.
Wiktionary
a. 1 situated in, or pointing to, the northwest 2 (context chiefly of a wind English) coming from the northwest adv. From the northwest
WordNet
adj. coming from the northwest; "northwesterly winds" [syn: northwest]
situated in or oriented toward the northwest [syn: northwestern, northwest]
Usage examples of "northwesterly".
I went northwesterly from their encampment, and it was very close to morning when I found the Rivans, Sendars, and Asturian archers.
On arriving at the northwesterly port of Gaul, Beric learned that London, Verulamium, and Camalodunum had been rebuilt, and that the propraetor had established himself in London as his chief place of residence.
A noxious white gas had started seeping from the tank and spreading with the northwesterly winds.
They set out the next morning, and the explorers resumed their toilsome journey, travelling generally in a northwesterly direction and looking for a pass across the Bitter Root Mountains.
He stared blankly through the gate left open after the Petit Jour had sailed from the harbour, set on its northwesterly course to Santo Domingo.