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English Dictionary: easterly by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
easterly
adv
  1. from the east; "the winds blew easterly all night" [ant: westerly]
adj
  1. lying in or toward the east; "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities"
    Synonym(s): easterly, eastern
  2. from the east; used especially of winds; "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly"
    Synonym(s): easterly, eastern
n
  1. a wind from the east [syn: east wind, easter, easterly]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Easterly \East"er*ly\, a.
      1. Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.
  
      2. Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the
            easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Easterly \East"er*ly\, adv.
      Toward, or in the direction of, the east.
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