'Northwesterly' definitions:
Definition of 'northwesterly'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Coming from the northwest; "northwesterly winds" [syn: northwesterly, northwest]
adjective
Situated in or oriented toward the northwest [syn: northwestern, northwesterly, northwest]
Definition of 'Northwesterly'
From: GCIDE
- Northwesterly \North`west"er*ly\, a. Toward the northwest, or from the northwest. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'northwesterly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- antarctic,
- arctic,
- austral,
- boreal,
- east,
- eastbound,
- easterly,
- eastermost,
- eastern,
- easternmost,
- hyperborean,
- meridional,
- NNW,
- north,
- north-northwest,
- northbound,
- northeast,
- northeasterly,
- northeastern,
- northerly,
- northern,
- northernmost,
- northwest,
- northwest by north,
- northwest by west,
- northwestern,
- northwestward,
- northwestwardly,
- northwestwards,
- NW,
- NW by N,
- NW by W,
- occidental,
- oriental,
- south,
- southbound,
- southeast,
- southeasterly,
- southeastern,
- southerly,
- southern,
- southernmost,
- southwest,
- southwesterly,
- southwestern,
- west,
- westbound,
- westerly,
- western,
- westernmost
Words containing 'Northwesterly'
- Northwest,
- Northwester,
- Alpine Northwest,
- Comstock Northwest,
- Northwest Arctic,
- Northwest Harbor,
- Northwest Harborcreek,
- Northwest Harwich,
- Northwest Harwinton,
- Northwest Ithaca,
- Northwest Snohomish,
- Northwest passage,
- Northwest, NC,
- West northwest,
- north northwest,
- northwest by north,
- northwest by west,
- northwest territories,
- northwest wind,
- pacific northwest,
- Alpine Northwest, WY,
- Comstock Northwest, MI,
- Helena Valley Northwest,
- New Castle Northwest,
- Northwest Arctic Borough,
- Northwest Arctic, AK,
- Northwest Harbor, NY,
- Northwest Harborcreek, PA,
- Northwest Harwich, MA,
- Northwest Harwinton, CT,
- Northwest Ithaca, NY,
- Northwest Snohomish, WA,
- Rio Rico Northwest,
- giant northwest shipworm,
- north-northwest,
- Helena Valley Northwest, MT,
- New Castle Northwest, PA,
- Northwest Arctic Borough, AK,
- Rio Rico Northwest, AZ