Easterly
['iːstəlɪ] or ['istɚli]
Definition
(adj.) from the east; used especially of winds; 'an eastern wind'; 'the winds are easterly' .
(adj.) lying in or toward the east; 'the east side of New York'; 'eastern cities' .
(adv.) from the east; 'the winds blew easterly all night'.
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Definition
(a.) Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.
(a.) Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.
(adv.) Toward, or in the direction of, the east.
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Examples
- Hancock who had the lead had marched easterly to Guiney's Station, on the Fredericksburg Railroad, thence southerly to Bowling Green and Milford. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was a cold hard easterly morning when he latched the garden gate and turned away. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Whether from too much east wind or no--it was an easterly corner--the stall, the stock, and the keeper, were all as dry as the Desert. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In the Galapagos Arch ipelago he found only one species of terrestrial mammal, a new species of mouse, and that only on the most easterly island of the group. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And so the little Jell--I had my doubts about 'em--are in a--oh, Lord, yes, it's easterly! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Our wagon trains had been ordered easterly of the roads the troops were to march upon before the movement commenced. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When I am deceived or disappointed in--the wind, and it's easterly, I take refuge here. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It has made the south wind easterly, I don't know how often. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Clare