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southwesterly

southwesterly

3.4
A wind that blows from the southwest
  • noun
  • /ˌsaʊθˈwɛstərli/
translation icon : viento del suroeste
  • THE SOUTHWESTERLY WIND BRINGS DEATH.
  • southwesterly winds

Examples

  • During the summer, the southwesterly breeze brings cooler temperatures to the beach.

  • Southwesterly gale imminent in sea areas Biscay, Portland, Wight and Dover.

    The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959)

  • By mid-century, some family members made their first, tentative south-southwesterly move away from the coast, settling in the Farm Life area of what became Tyrrell (later Martin) County.

    Academic text (2011)

  • A SOUTHWESTERLY TRACK FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO HER FINAL RADIOED POSITION: LATITUDE: 41 DEGREES, 46 MINUTES NORTH, LONGITUDE: 50 DEGREES, 15 MINUTES WEST.

    Raise the Titanic (1980)

  • The southwesterly winds create perfect conditions for sailing along the coast.

  • We can expect a strong southwesterly wind to develop later in the day, impacting our outdoor plans.

Synonyms

southwester
vssouthwesterly
7.4

A strong wind that blows from the southwest

is a wind from the same direction but without strength implied

How Strong

storm
∞ 1.0
gale
24 5.8
southwesterly
3.4
breeze
201 1.0

Surface Forms

southwesterly singular
southwesterlies plural

Morphology

southwesterly = southwest (transparent) = south + west + er + ly

Derived from 'southwest' with standard directional endings, so the noun sense 'a wind from the southwest' is directly understandable from its parts.

Etymology

As a noun, southwesterly names a wind and breaks into south, west and -ly, meaning 'from the southwest', so a southwesterly is simply a wind that blows 'from the southwest'.