westerly

adj

1. Facing the west; directed towards the west.

   “a westerly course or voyage”

   “Tall, blue-eyed, this proud and stubborn Genoese seaman first visited Portugal, proposing his scheme for a westerly voyage in search of the Indies.”

2. Located towards or in the west.

   “the westerly side of a lake”

   “The head of the North Tyne is reached at Deadwater, 36 miles from Hexham. The river has its source just on the English side of the Border, at the foot of Peel Fell, the most westerly spur of the Cheviots. At first it is a sluggish stream (hence the name Deadwater) but begins to flow more swiftly before it reaches Kielder.”

3. Coming from the west.

   “a westerly wind”

   “Don’t be so darn foolish. It’s the calm afore the storm, Winslow. She were a gentle westerly wind yer cursin’. Only feels roughly ‘cause you don’t know nothin’ bout nothin’ and there ain’t no trees on this here rock like your Hudson Bay bush. Nor’Easterly wind’ll come soon a-blowin’ like Gabriel’s horn. Best board up them signal house winders.”

adv

1. Towards the west.

noun

1. A westerly wind or storm, one blowing or coming from the west.

   “A road that runs due west from Dale passes the village church and Dale Castle, and a footpath continues to Westdale Bay, a sandy beach used by surfers when the westerlies send great rollers crashing in from the Atlantic.”

name

1. A town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.
2. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.