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Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.

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Definitions

  1. a. Coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.
  2. a. Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.
  3. adv. Toward, or in the direction of, the east.
  4. adj. lying in or toward the east
  5. adj. from the east; used especially of winds
  6. n. a wind from the east
  7. adv. from the east
  8. 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. Toward, or in the direction of, the east.
  9. j:100 s. lying in or toward the east s. from the east; used especially of winds r. from the east