easterly

Examples

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• The Bell JetRanger continued on an easterly heading toward the camp's water tower.

  Fiction book (2001)

• We need to make up the time if we're to catch the easterlies.

  In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

• If we set sail now, catch the south easterlies at their best time and fill our belly, we could be home in six months.

  In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

• "Persistent strong easterly flow will pile water on top of already higher astronomical high tides due to the full moon, resulting in possible continuing flood stages between high tide cycles," according to the weather service.

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• These large gyres are driven by the mean wind stresses, westerlies and mid latitudes, easterlies and low latitudes.

  YaleCourses

• The sailors knew they had to adjust their sails to catch the easterly winds for a faster crossing.

• During the summer, the easterly breeze brought a cool respite from the heat.

• The forecast predicted strong easterlies that would influence the local weather patterns.

Synonyms

E

east wind

vseasterly

1 1.8

A wind that blows from the east

is the same idea but expressed as a single-word directional label

L

levanter

vseasterly

9.9

A strong east wind that blows in the western Mediterranean

is a general wind from the east without strong regional focus

Antonyms

W

westerly

1 3.6

A wind that blows from the west

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology