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Synonyms for easterly


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ee-ster-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi stər li



Définition of easterly

Origin :
  • 1540s, from easter (late 14c.), variant of eastern + -ly (2). As a noun meaning "easterly wind," by 1901. Old English easterlic meant "pertaining to Easter."
  • As in eastern : adj concerning the direction to the east
Example sentences :
  • So they rose into the air and disappeared in an easterly direction.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • It can be cold in our village, even in early September, when there is an easterly storm.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • We'll have rain and an easterly blow by night, see if we don't.
  • Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • No barometer will give warning of an easterly gale, were it ever so wet.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of the Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • Anselmo determined to leave France in an easterly direction.
  • Extract from : « The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II (of 2) » by Alexandre Dumas pre
  • Then you would have walked up the street from an easterly direction?
  • Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer
  • The most easterly one is β Persei, known as Algol, the famous variable.
  • Extract from : « A Field Book of the Stars » by William Tyler Olcott
  • Then I turned to the easterly tunnel, and pursued it till it branched.
  • Extract from : « Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers » by John Burroughs
  • His passing, and the coming of the easterly wind, were coincidental.
  • Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
  • Easterly Deviation is applied exactly as easterly Variation.
  • Extract from : « Lectures in Navigation » by Ernest Gallaudet Draper

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