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southwesterly

[ south-wes-ter-lee; Nautical sou-wes-ter-lee ]

adjective

  1. toward or from the southwest.


southwesterly

/ ˌsaʊθˈwɛstəlɪ; ˌsaʊˈwɛstəlɪ /

adjective

  1. in, towards, or (esp of a wind) from the southwest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a wind or storm from the southwest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of southwesterly1

1700–10; southwest + -erly ( easterly )
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Example Sentences

Sunshine and west-southwesterly breezes help boost temperatures higher, from the upper 20s to low 30s early this morning, to afternoon highs in the mid- to upper 50s.

High temperatures should get a boost from moderate south-southwesterly breezes, topping out in the mid-50s.

Elsewhere, we could see some upper 50s, but dew points will slowly creep up, thanks to a light southwesterly breeze bringing moisture in from the south.

On March 19, lava roared out of the ground in the uninhabited valley of Geldingadalur, marking the first time in 800 years that this southwesterly strip of land has been rocked by an eruption.

High temperatures should get to around 50 degrees, with mid-50s possible if a warmer southwesterly breeze can boost us even higher.

The temperature reached ninety-​nine degrees earlier in the day as a wall of hot southwesterly winds stalled over the city.

They had proceeded away from the camp in a southwesterly direction for a full quarter of a mile when Tad halted.

The Appalachian range trends southwesterly and its influence upon the expansion of the colonies is most significant.

For the next fourteen days, nothing remarkable occurred in the march, which had been in a southwesterly direction.

The further he drove upon his southwesterly course, the emptier were the well-known thoroughfares.

This stream before us appears to head in a southwesterly direction as near as I can judge.

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