northwesterly
IPA: nɔrθwˈɛstɝɫi
noun
- A strong wind or storm from the northwest.
adjective
- Situated in, or pointing to, the northwest.
- (chiefly of a wind) Coming from the northwest.
adverb
- From the northwest.
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Examples of "northwesterly" in Sentences
- It is likely to move in a northwesterly direction.
- It proceeds in a northwesterly direction crosstown.
- Cumbria is the most northwesterly county of England.
- Currents travelled either northwesterly or southeasterly.
- The northwesterly wind in the South Island is a foehn wind.
- The highway then leaves Galena on a northwesterly direction.
- It is located on a headland overlooking the town northwesterly.
- Louga is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.
- Bafing is traversed by the northwesterly line of equal latitude and longitude.
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