Wondering how to use Westerly in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as west or western.
Westerly meaning
- Facing the west; directed towards the west.
- Located towards or in the west.
- Coming from the west.
Using Westerly
- The main meaning on this page is: Facing the west; directed towards the west. | Located towards or in the west. | Coming from the west.
- Useful related words include: west, western, westbound, westward.
- In the example corpus, westerly often appears in combinations such as: westerly winds, westerly direction, most westerly.
Context around Westerly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Westerly
- In this selection, "westerly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, south, north, strong, winds, direction and northerly stand out and add context to how "westerly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a south westerly direction and to south westerly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "westerly" sits close to words such as architectures, atv and bader, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with westerly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It will become strong westerly from the evening. (8 words)
But heading back can be tough against westerly winds. (9 words)
In early March, the wind direction changes from north-westerly to south-westerly. (13 words)
The Authority's report states that the surface wind movement in the Red Sea is westerly northerly to westerly at speed of 15-40 km/h, while the surface wind movement in the Arabian Gulf is southerly to westerly southerly at speed of 12-35 km/h. (47 words)
It’s the most westerly island in the Aleutian chain — closer to Russia than mainland Alaska — and was one of just a few U.S. territories, along with Guam, the Philippines and the nearby island of Kiska, taken by enemy forces during the war. (44 words)
It said this is due to a steep upper-air system that is expected to cut off from the main westerly flow during the weekend, developing into a cut-off low-pressure system along the west coast by Sunday. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Authority's report states that the surface wind movement in the Red Sea is westerly northerly to westerly at speed of 15-40 km/h, while the surface wind movement in the Arabian Gulf is southerly to westerly southerly at speed of 12-35 km/h.
Westerly, south-westerly and north-westerly winds all work, and swell holds up to roughly 8 ft. citation Varberg (Sweden) Varberg is a surf town (the only one of its kind in Sweden) on the Swedish west coast.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate becoming fresh south of Saldanha Bay northerly to north-westerly, but easterly along the south coast where it will become south-westerly from the afternoon.
The wind along the coast will be light to moderate north-westerly in the morning, becoming southerly to south-westerly.
This likely recurring through the period with milder and wetter westerly periods interspersed with a risk of colder north-westerly or northerly conditions and showers, some wintry over hills.
The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong along the west coast and south-west coasts, otherwise moderate north-westerly becoming south-westerly from the afternoon.
During periods of westerly operation, aircraft continue to fly in a westerly direction with an easterly tailwind component of up to convert, if the runway is dry and there is no significant crosswind.
In early March, the wind direction changes from north-westerly to south-westerly.
Sea currents are south-easterly and easterly in winter and south-westerly and westerly in summer.
A cold front will be moving this afternoon which will bring with it westerly winds and gusts up to 40 mph on the ridgetops.
Afternoon humidity will combine with westerly wind gusts of 30 mph, to create critical fire weather conditions.
A spokesperson for the Met Office added: "Every year in winter, strong westerly winds circle around the pole high up in the stratosphere.
A westerly airflow is expected to continue, bringing showers and occasional longer periods of rain to different parts of the country.
But heading back can be tough against westerly winds.
Conies Road in Halstead will be temporarily closed from its junction with White Horse Avenue for a distance of approximately 55m in a south westerly direction.
Following this, on March 31, Crabb’s Hill, in Hatfield Peverel, will close from a point south west of its junction with Sportsmans Lane in a south westerly direction.
It is the most westerly sacred site in Europe, and it attracts thousands of pilgrims each year who visit its well-preserved early Christian monastery.
It said this is due to a steep upper-air system that is expected to cut off from the main westerly flow during the weekend, developing into a cut-off low-pressure system along the west coast by Sunday.
It’s the most westerly island in the Aleutian chain — closer to Russia than mainland Alaska — and was one of just a few U.S. territories, along with Guam, the Philippines and the nearby island of Kiska, taken by enemy forces during the war.
It will become strong westerly from the evening.
Common combinations with westerly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: