Dictionary entry
Westerly
Pronunciation: /ˈwɛstəli/
Pronunciation
/ˈwɛstəli/
Myanmar Meaning
အဆောက်ဘက်အရပ် ၊ ဦးတည်ရပ်တွင် ရှိသော။ အနောက်အရပ်မှ လာသော (လေ)။ ၎င်းကဲ့သို့သော လေ။
Definition
westerly /'westǝli/ adj ၁။ အေနာက္အရပ္၌ရိွေသာ။ အေနာက္အရပ္ သို႔ေရွး႐ႈေသာ။ in a westerly direction. ၂။ အေနာက္မွတိုက္ ေသာ (ေလ)။ westerly gales. n အေနာက္ေလ။ light westerlies.
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.’