Southwesterly
[,saʊθ'westəlɪ] or [,saʊθ'wɛstɚli]
Definition
(adj.) coming from the southwest; 'the winds are southwesterly' .
Editor: Solomon--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.
Typist: Ora
Examples
- They seemed to be headed in a southwesterly direction, which would take them away from us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The Ottoman Turks were a little band of fugitives who fled southwesterly before the first invasion of Western Turkestan by Jengis. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After the last load had been removed the warriors made lines fast to the craft and towed her far out into the valley in a southwesterly direction. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Typist: Ora