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# easterly

«easterly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Towards the east or in the east: an easterly direction** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective; adverb; noun (an easterly, easterlies)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Towards the east or in the east: an easterly direction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/easterly/#m1)

2) (of wind) Blowing from the east. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/easterly/#m2)

3) (noun) A wind that comes from the east. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/easterly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and weather lessons, an easterly wind blows FROM the east towards the west; compass directions and maps; phrases: «an easterly wind», «in an easterly direction», «the trade winds, or easterlies».

### examples

- A cold easterly wind blew across the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/easterly/#x1)
- We walked in an easterly direction towards the sunrise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/easterly/#x2)
- The ship sailed on an easterly course. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/easterly/#x3)
- The easterlies near the equator are called trade winds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/easterly/#x4)
- The weather forecast says a strong easterly will bring snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/easterly/#x5)
- Our school is on the easterly side of the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/easterly/#x6)

### note

Trap: a wind is named after where it comes FROM; an easterly wind blows from east to west. Similar: northerly, southerly, westerly. In UK weather, cold easterlies often come from Siberia («the Beast from the East»).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «easterly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/easterly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.