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

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  1. westerly: Encyclopedia

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  1. Westerly: Urban Dictionary

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Facing the west; directed towards the west.
adjective:  Located towards or in the west.
adjective:  (of wind) Coming from the west.
adverb:  Towards the west.
noun:  A westerly wind or storm, one blowing or coming from the west.
noun:  A town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.

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