westerly
/ˈwɛstəli/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈwɛstəli/
westerly
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
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- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
wes - ter - ly -> westerly
Myanmar meaning
အဆောက်ဘက်အရပ် ၊ ဦးတည်ရပ်တွင် ရှိသော။ အနောက်အရပ်မှ လာသော (လေ)။ ၎င်းကဲ့သို့သော လေ။
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၁။ အနောက်အရပ်၌ရှိသော။ အနောက်အရပ် သို့ရှေးရှုသော။ in a westerly direction.
၂။ အနောက်မှတိုက် သော (လေ)။ westerly gales.
n အနောက်လေ။ light westerlies.
More examples
- ‘After two hours of fishing, the wind freshened up considerably from a westerly direction.’
- ‘After climbing a steep rise for about twenty minutes the road crested, then began to slope downwards, taking a more westerly direction.’
- ‘They left the trail behind and struck out in a westerly direction.’
- ‘The pattern was irregular, but the grass was laid down in a variety of ways, some bent in a westerly direction, some toward the east, some southeast or southwest.’
- ‘They tend to be mainly westerly in direction running from west to east.’
- ‘While its western flanks are swathed in forestry plantations, the upper slopes of the hill are clear and because of its westerly position, offer some of the finest views in the area.’
- ‘The lane behind and to the north of that last row of houses continues for miles in both the easterly and westerly directions, and it serves to provide two points of entry into that primeval world.’
- ‘The country road winds back and forth but proceeds in a mostly westerly direction, so at every turn the great reddened globe of the sun loomed, creating a new sunset at every turn.’
- ‘An alternative base for touring from is Denham, Australia's most westerly town.’
- ‘In my book, a Sunday afternoon jaunt to report on a game at the westerly outpost could only ever be described as a treat, not a chore.’
- ‘I was using the binoculars and could see it clearly and started moving in a westerly direction picking up speed as it went.’
- ‘The back garden has a westerly orientation and is surrounded by mature shrubs and trees.’
- ‘Occasionally, vehicles would park facing in a westerly direction.’
- ‘Palawan, the most westerly island of the archipelago is a local name meaning Gate of Combat.’
- ‘Our prevailing winds are westerly, coming in from the Atlantic.’
- ‘When the high pressure systems move north during winter, southern Australia comes under the influence of westerly winds and rain-bearing cold fronts.’
- ‘Conditions on the day were trying; with strong westerly winds affecting timings but all the runners were happy with their individual times.’
- ‘Heavy swells and strong westerly winds made for tough rowing conditions and the organisers were taking no chances with the safety of competitors.’
- ‘There will be westerly gale force winds and a top temperature of 7c.’
- ‘Specifically, westerly winds blow stronger, but changes in wind speed and direction occur all over the planet.’
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