"easterly" in the noun sense
1. east wind, easter, easterly
a wind from the east
"easterly" in the adjective sense
1. easterly, eastern
lying in or toward the east
"the east side of New York"
"eastern cities"
2. easterly, eastern
from the east used especially of winds
"an eastern wind"
"the winds are easterly"
"easterly" in the adverb sense
1. easterly
from the east
"the winds blew easterly all night"
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