Definition of "easterly" []

• Situated toward the east. (adjective)
• Coming or being from the east: easterly winds. (adjective)
• A storm or wind coming from the east. (noun)

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• "Weather disturbances in the trade winds, known as easterly waves, are another source of cloud development and precipitation in the tropics."
• "Also, the wind anomaly shown by the arrows in the western area is easterly, which is consistent with development of a La Nina, if the wind persists."
• "The Borneons, from being so harassed by these pirates, call the easterly wind 'the pirate wind.'"