Easterly is an English word with synonyms like eastern or east. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Easterly meaning
Any persistent wind from the east (usually a broad current or belt of easterly winds).
Using Easterly
- The main meaning on this page is: Any persistent wind from the east (usually a broad current or belt of easterly winds).
- Useful related words include: eastern, east, east wind, easter.
- In the example corpus, easterly often appears in combinations such as: easterly winds, easterly direction, an easterly.
Context around Easterly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Easterly
- In this selection, "easterly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, south, north, african, government, direction and winds stand out and add context to how "easterly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include shares of easterly government properties and a more easterly direction. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "easterly" sits close to words such as alkaline, antifa and ascribed, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with easterly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
PDF Report : Easterly Government Properties, Inc. (6 words)
Sea Road (A183) from New Crown roundabout in a north easterly direction for 180m. (14 words)
The phenomenon strengthens easterly trade winds that bring rain to southeast Asia and Australia. (14 words)
C298 (Part), West Tisbury; from outside the property known as Pyt Court for a distance of approximately 200m in a south easterly direction to enable BT to carry out duct and associated works. (33 words)
The proposed easterly extension of a Metro light-rail line from East Los Angeles to Montebello got a boost from the state transportation agency earlier this week. (27 words)
A meteorologist has branded an easterly weather front as a "small troll" from Scandinavia which will bring temperatures plummeting, and snow to the UK, in days. (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
Conditions are even more difficult by strong north-easterly and easterly winds of up to 16 m/s.
Sea currents are south-easterly and easterly in winter and south-westerly and westerly in summer.
The Easterly wave or the African easterly waves is another major contributor of rainfall during the summer monsoons months of May to September in Nigeria.
A meteorologist has branded an easterly weather front as a "small troll" from Scandinavia which will bring temperatures plummeting, and snow to the UK, in days.
Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its stake in shares of Easterly Government Properties by 23.0% during the 3rd quarter.
C298 (Part), West Tisbury; from outside the property known as Pyt Court for a distance of approximately 200m in a south easterly direction to enable BT to carry out duct and associated works.
Cetera Advisor Networks LLC increased its position in Easterly Government Properties by 23.6% during the first quarter.
Finally, Natixis Advisors L.P. lifted its stake in shares of Easterly Government Properties by 6.8% in the 1st quarter.
Following the designated bearing on our deck compasses, we traversed easterly across the bay and entered a narrows between Kelley and Mahar Points.
From the lane at the entrance to the hall take the footpath continuing in an easterly direction diagonally uphill.
Global Retirement Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Easterly Government Properties by 54.3% in the 1st quarter.
PDF Report : Easterly Government Properties, Inc.
Sea Road (A183) from New Crown roundabout in a north easterly direction for 180m.
Some relief from the heat is expected to arrive early this week as winds shift toward a more easterly direction.
Temperatures are expected to peak at 24 degrees along the coast, with a gentle south-easterly breeze, and 23 degrees in the west.
The district has also been affected by north-easterly structures of the Trans-Challis Fault Zone.
The highest parts of Dartmoor and perhaps Bodmin Moor may see 5-10cm of snow with some drifting in strong easterly winds.
The Met Office warning said: "Strong east or south-easterly winds will affect the warning area during Wednesday.
The phenomenon strengthens easterly trade winds that bring rain to southeast Asia and Australia.
The proposed easterly extension of a Metro light-rail line from East Los Angeles to Montebello got a boost from the state transportation agency earlier this week.
Common combinations with easterly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- easterly winds 16×
- easterly direction 14×
- an easterly 13×
- easterly government 11×
- the easterly 10×
- more easterly 9×
- and easterly 7×
- of easterly 7×
- jen easterly 7×
- easterly wind 7×