What is "easterly" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does easterly mean in English? Meaning of easterly definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "easterly" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "easterly": a wind from the east

Noun

  • Meaning: a wind from the east
  • Synonyms: east wind easter easterly
  • Hyponyms: levanter
  • Hypernyms: air current current of air wind
  • Meaning of "easterly": lying in or toward the east

    Adjective

  • Meaning: lying in or toward the east
  • Example: the east side of New York eastern cities
  • Synonyms: easterly eastern
  • Similar: east
  • Meaning of "easterly": from the east

    Adverb

  • Meaning: from the east
  • Example: the winds blew easterly all night
  • Synonyms: easterly
  • Antonyms: westerly
  • Meaning of "easterly": from the east; used especially of winds

    Adjective

  • Meaning: from the east; used especially of winds
  • Example: an eastern wind the winds are easterly
  • Synonyms: easterly eastern
  • Similar: east
  • Adjective: (meteorology) Any persistent wind from the east (usually applied to broad currents or belts of easterly winds).
  • Synonyms:

    east, eastward, on the east side of,

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    easterly in English: easterly
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