Usually means: Wind or direction from the east.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word easterly:

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  1. easterly: Merriam-Webster
  2. easterly, easterly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. easterly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. easterly: Collins English Dictionary
  5. easterly: Vocabulary.com
  6. Easterly, easterly: Wordnik
  7. easterly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Easterly, easterly: Wiktionary
  9. easterly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. easterly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. easterly: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. easterly: Dictionary.com
  13. easterly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Easterly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Easterly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. easterly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. easterly: Rhymezone
  18. Easterly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. easterly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. easterly: FreeDictionary.org
  21. easterly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. easterly: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. easterly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. easterly: Encyclopedia

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (meteorology) Any persistent wind from the east (usually applied to broad currents or belts of easterly winds).
▸ adjective:  Facing the east; directed towards the east.
▸ adjective:  Located towards or in the east.
▸ adjective:  Coming from the east.
▸ adverb:  In an eastward direction or position; towards the east.
▸ adverb:  From the east.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
east, eastern, Easter, East wind, northeasterly, eastward, Easterling, northeaster, northwesterly, custard wind, more...

Opposite:
westerly, western

Types:
southeasterly, southerly, southwesterly, northeasterly, northerly, more...

Phrases:
easterly wind, William Easterly, easterly wave, north easterly, south easterly, more...

Adjectives:
west, south, north, most, little, strong

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Similar:
east, eastern, Easter, East wind, northeasterly, eastward, Easterling, northeaster, northwesterly, custard wind, more...

Opposite:
westerly, western

Types:
southeasterly, southerly, southwesterly, northeasterly, northerly, more...

Phrases:
easterly wind, William Easterly, easterly wave, north easterly, south easterly, Jen Easterly, more...

Adjectives:
west, south, north, most, little, strong

Colors:
    pale blue,     lavender,     soft pink,     pastel yellow,     mint green, more...



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