Word family noun east easterner easterly adjective east easterly eastern eastbound easternmost eastward adverb east eastward(s)
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisheasterlyeas‧ter‧ly1 /ˈiːstəli $ -ərli/ adjective 1 SGtowards or in the east We drove off in an easterly direction.2 SGan easterly wind comes from the eastExamples from the Corpus
easterly• These easterly areas cater predominantly for caravans, camping and chalets, offering the tourist many facilities and entertainment.• Do you think you could pull me up and then point me in an easterly direction once we're outside?• Then do the same on an easterly or westerly heading.• The most easterly section of the Siberian Line was the Kolyvano-Kuznetsk fortified Line.• According to the map we were supposed to leave the road and take an easterly track up the plateau.• On the other hand fetch is the limiting factor in the height of waves generated by easterly winds over the North Sea.• Sunday, June 10, was a bad day-cold, with easterly winds.in an easterly direction• Do you think you could pull me up and then point me in an easterly direction once we're outside?easterlyeasterly2 noun (plural easterlies) [countable] SGa wind that comes from the east 