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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
easterly
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an easterly/westerly etc breeze
▪ A gentle easterly breeze was blowing in from the Atlantic.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
direction
▪ Do you think you could pull me up and then point me in an easterly direction once we're outside?
▪ They prayed that the wind would not change its easterly direction and carry the fog towards Basingstoke, Farnham, Aldershot.
wind
▪ On the other hand fetch is the limiting factor in the height of waves generated by easterly winds over the North Sea.
▪ Sunday, June 10, was a bad day-cold, with easterly winds.
▪ Meanwhile, an easterly wind blew up and the fleet found itself in difficulties.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ According to the map we were supposed to leave the road and take an easterly track up the plateau.
▪ Do you think you could pull me up and then point me in an easterly direction once we're outside?
▪ On the other hand fetch is the limiting factor in the height of waves generated by easterly winds over the North Sea.
▪ Sunday, June 10, was a bad day-cold, with easterly winds.
▪ The most easterly section of the Siberian Line was the Kolyvano-Kuznetsk fortified Line.
▪ Then do the same on an easterly or westerly heading.
▪ These easterly areas cater predominantly for caravans, camping and chalets, offering the tourist many facilities and entertainment.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Easterly

Easterly \East"er*ly\, a.

  1. Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.

  2. Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.

Easterly

Easterly \East"er*ly\, adv. Toward, or in the direction of, the east.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
easterly

1540s (adj.), 1630s (adv.), from easter (late 14c.), variant of eastern + -ly (1) and (2). As a noun meaning "easterly wind," by 1901. Old English easterlic meant "pertaining to Easter."

Wiktionary
easterly

a. 1 Facing the east; directed towards the east. 2 Located towards the east. 3 Coming from the east. adv. 1 In an eastward direction or position; towards the east. 2 From the east. n. (context meteorology English) Any persistent wind from the east (usually applied to broad currents or belts of easterly winds).

WordNet
easterly
  1. adj. lying in or toward the east; "the east side of NY"; "eastern cities" [syn: eastern]

  2. from the east; used especially of winds; "an east wind"; "the winds are easterly" [syn: eastern]

  3. n. a wind from the east [syn: east wind, easter]

  4. adv. from the east; "the winds blew easterly all night" [ant: westerly]

Usage examples of "easterly".

At dawn they saw two sails running down towards them from the Boca Chica on a fresh easterly breeze.

As they passed the western point of the island, and made their course easterly by a channel between rocky bulwarks opening Havre Gosselin, they suddenly saw a brig rounding the Eperquerie.

It was common wisdom in the Easterlies that the failure of Butterfly Day had come about in large part as a result of the treacherous connivance of the middle guilded of the Westerlies, who had diluted the Twelve Demands in cottony compromise and irrelevant talk about changing the calendar.

Chater valley the next morning, an easterly wind scattering meagre curtains of drizzle across the slopes of Launde Park.

I wad maybe be a wee thing fickled if an easterly haar came down on us, but still I think I micht smell my way in there in ony weather.

Owned by the French Crown before 1760 and mainly by British monarchs thereafter, the seven tiny trading locations had been leased in 18 3 0 by the HBC, which also rented the more easterly Seigniory of Mingan.

By the time Mulder and his team were on the road, Webber driving, a chill easterly wind had begun to coast down the road, sweeping leaves and brown pine needles in front of the car.

I will wait until the annulment is done and Easterly leaves once again.

Whatever the truth of the matter, the Ocean Switcher of that time made a decision and pegged the switching rail to favor the easterly car.

From the Gare du Nord it travels by special postal handcar around the circular railway line and is delivered to the first train traveling in an easterly direction.

Sumatra, the Palembang and Lampong territory, and continued his error in an easterly direction by giving to Java the name belonging to Sumbawa, and to Sumbawa that which belonged to Flores, leaving the two last islands nameless.

Lead, hit my smoke, and on pullout continue your easterly heading coming off target.

The sound of the bells, half musical, half ominous, was borne by the bise across the vineyards, for the easterly wind that brings fine weather was blowing over lake and forest, and seemed to drive before it thin sheets of moonlight that turned the whole world soft.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN An agitated fleece of cloud was stretched over the Chater valley the next morning, an easterly wind scattering meagre curtains of drizzle across the slopes of Launde Park.

The Chromolith , the Tolpandy , the Grand Easterly itself were quite whole.