westerly

adj 1: lying in or toward the west [syn: {western}]

2: of wind; from the west [syn: {western}]

3: moving toward the west; "westbound pioneers" [syn: {westbound},

{westward}]

n : a wind from the west [syn: {west wind}, {wester}]

adv 1: toward the west; "we began to steer away westerly"- Daniel

Defoe

2: from the west; "the wind blew westerly" [ant: {easterly}]