westwardly

American  

[west-werd-lee] / ˈwɛst wərd li /

adjective

1. having a westward direction or situation.

   the westwardly migration of the 1850s.

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adverb

1. toward the west.

Etymology

Origin of westwardly

First recorded in 1510–20; westward + -ly

Example Sentences

This settled the route to be taken, and they moved westwardly, after crossing the river, and before night the boys caught the first glimpse of the broad ocean.

From The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages by Finlay, Roger Thompson

The claim, however, to the westwardly extension of New France to the Pacific Ocean, requires some better evidence than the maps of the French Geographers.

From The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery by Twiss, Travers

But this time westwardly, from a sun that is rising instead of setting.

From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne

To the south it was deflected westwardly by the spur of the mountains called the Picuris range, some fifteen miles south of Taos.

From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various

On the northwestward by the Bay of Chaleur to the river Ristigouche, and westwardly by a continuation of the western boundary line of Westmorland.

From History of New Brunswick by Fisher, Peter