westernly

English

Etymology

From western +‎ -ly.

Adjective

westernly (comparative more westernly, superlative most westernly)

  1. (obsolete) In or towards the west. [16th–19th c.]
    • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 145:
      They have many enemies, namely, all their westernly Countries beyond the mountaines, and the heads of the rivers.
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