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Definition of "westwardly" [west•ward•ly]

  • Blowing from the west (of wind). (adjective)
  • Situated in or moving towards the west. (adjective)
  • In a westward direction. (adverb)

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Use "westwardly" in a sentence
  • "Feel that giddy excitement in the air borne on a westwardly wind?"
  • "Dark-colored Mollisols and, especially, light-colored Alfisols are common, and were derived from eastwardly thinning loess, westwardly thinning glacial drift, glacial outwash, residuum, or alluvium."
  • "And then we watched, as one case arrived on the East Coast of the United States and it marched every year, westwardly."