Word info Synonyms

north-westerly

Speech parts

1. north-westerly - Noun

2. north-westerly - Adjective

3. north-westerly - Adverb

Meaning

north-westerly (comparative more north-westerly, superlative most north-westerly)

Alternative form of northwesterly

north-westerly (plural north-westerlies)

Alternative form of northwesterly

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

It was as if she lived only on clear, salty air, and when the day came for her to pass away, she would probably do exactly that. Just take a step to one side. Dissolve into a north-westerly wind as it whirled around the lighthouse at North Point, then out across the sea. John Ajvide Lindqvist

In early March, the wind direction changes from north-westerly to south-westerly. Source: Internet

To complete the teapot metaphor, under good conditions, a particularly dense area of the Milky Way can be seen rising in a north-westerly arc above the spout, like a puff of steam rising from a boiling kettle. Source: Internet

Northerly and north-westerly winds can cause the effect to occur over the Irish Sea and Bristol Channel feeding snow into south-west England and Eastern Ireland. Source: Internet

The Tonle Sap river is a waterway that branches off the Mekong near Phnom Penh in the north-westerly direction and meets the Tonle Sap lake after around convert. Source: Internet

Westerly, south-westerly and north-westerly winds all work, and swell holds up to roughly 8 ft. citation Varberg (Sweden) Varberg is a surf town (the only one of its kind in Sweden) on the Swedish west coast. Source: Internet

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