westlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈwɛstli/, U.S.

/ˈwɛs(t)li/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: west adv., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < west adv. + -ly suffix². Compare northly adv., southly adv.

rare.

Towards the west; in a westerly direction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adverb]

westeOE

west-abouteOE

westeneOE

westwardeOE

bewest1016

westwardsOE

westly1440

westerlya1470

westwardly?1520

westernly1590

west-away1599

westlins1718

west-by1790

a-west1807

wessel1815

westlandways1820

nightwards1855

westbound1888

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 523 Westward, or westly, occidentaliter.

1745 W. Logan Jrnl. 4 Dec. in Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. (1912) 36 179 Our Wind Continued fair till ab^t 12 o'Clock at Night, and then fell almost calm, but about two came more Westly, & blew a fine Gale.

1866 H. W. Shaw Josh Billings, hiz Sayings lxxxv. 230 He squat at Rock River, in the Illinoise, for 6 months, and then moved on more westly.

1998 A. Warner Sopranos 251 The elegant, long centrelines [of the road]..languidly swung westly or east.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	westly
释义	westlyadv. Brit. /ˈwɛstli/, U.S. /ˈwɛs(t)li/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: west adv., -ly suffix². Etymology: < west adv. + -ly suffix². Compare northly adv., southly adv. rare. Towards the west; in a westerly direction. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adverb] westeOE west-abouteOE westeneOE westwardeOE bewest1016 westwardsOE westly1440 westerlya1470 westwardly?1520 westernly1590 west-away1599 westlins1718 west-by1790 a-west1807 wessel1815 westlandways1820 nightwards1855 westbound1888 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 523 Westward, or westly, occidentaliter. 1745 W. Logan Jrnl. 4 Dec. in Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. (1912) 36 179 Our Wind Continued fair till ab^t 12 o'Clock at Night, and then fell almost calm, but about two came more Westly, & blew a fine Gale. 1866 H. W. Shaw Josh Billings, hiz Sayings lxxxv. 230 He squat at Rock River, in the Illinoise, for 6 months, and then moved on more westly. 1998 A. Warner Sopranos 251 The elegant, long centrelines [of the road]..languidly swung westly or east. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1440
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