Definition of
easterly has definitions from the field of meteorology
1
[ adjective ] from the east; used especially of winds

Synonyms

eastern

Examples

"an east wind" "the winds are easterly"

Related terms

east

2
[ adjective ] lying in or toward the east

Synonyms

eastern

Examples

"the east side of NY" "eastern cities"

Related terms

east

3
[ adverb ] from the east

Examples

"the winds blew easterly all night"

Related terms

westerly east east

4
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 12647
5
[ noun ] (meteorology) a wind from the east

Synonyms

easter east_wind

Related terms

wind levanter

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Rhymes with

northeasterly westerly masterly bitterly northwesterly eagerly utterly leisurely surly painterly early soberly quarterly kimberley gingerly quarterly entirely linearly southerly pearly burly neighborly painterly miserly overly similarly elderly orderly fatherly weatherly motherly curly properly somberly tenderly brotherly unnaturally northerly improperly disorderly irregularly popularly singularly particularly circularly regularly spectacularly peculiarly cleverly formerly scholarly

Phonetic and Homophones

IY1 S T ER0 L IY0

Similar Spelling

Easter Easter_lily Esterly easterner Easterday eastern Easterling Easter_Day Easter_card Easterwood Eastertide easter_egg esterify easternmost Ester

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