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
- 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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