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easterly, a.2, adv., and n.|ˈiːstəlɪ|
[? f. easter a. + -ly; cf. Du. oosterlijk in same sense.]
A. adj.
1. Situated towards the east.
1548Thomas Ital. Gram., Orientale, easterlie. 1609Douland Ornith. Microl. 87, I would have the Easterly Franci to follow the best manner. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 85 Easterly Towns..are more wholesome than the westerly. 1751Percival in Phil. Trans. XLVII. 218 Condate being placed in the road to Mediolanum shews it to be easterly of Chester. 1869Dunkin Midn. Sky 43 The most easterly part of this constellation.
2. Coming from the east: chiefly of the wind, rarely of merchandise.
1559Morwyng Evonym. 399 Then kepe by itself an unce of easterly saffron well beaten. 1626Bacon Sylva §662 Cold and Easterly Winds. 1772Dk. Richmond in Burke's Corr. (1844) I. 399 Going to Uppark in this easterly wind, has made me quite ill. 1816J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art II. 43 The wind in the Atlantic..is almost always easterly.
B. adv. In an eastern position or direction. Of the wind: From the east, or a point nearly east.
1635Brereton Trav. (1844) 77 During this time the wind stood most easterly. 1691Lond. Gaz. 2640/3 It blew hard Easterly. 1691Ray Creation ii. 1701 195 To them that live more easterly. 1820Scott Monast. iii, To get into the little valley of Glendearg he had to proceed easterly.
C. n. An easterly wind.
1901F. T. Bullen Sack of Shakings 265 The brave west wind..being succeeded by baffling easterlies. 1955A. L. Rowse Expansion Elizabethan England xi. 416 The English often had to wait for weeks for a favouring easterly. |
