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The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and people near the Rocky mountains where they had been.
Meriwether Lewis

Meaning of "easterly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EASTERLY

easterly  [ˈiːstəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EASTERLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Easterly can act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES EASTERLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of easterly in the English dictionary

The first definition of easterly in the dictionary is of, relating to, or situated in the east. Other definition of easterly is towards or in the direction of the east. Easterly is also from the east.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EASTERLY


asystole
əˈsɪstəlɪ
coastally
ˈkəʊstəlɪ
costally
ˈkɒstəlɪ
diastole
daɪˈæstəlɪ
distally
ˈdɪstəlɪ
extrasystole
ˌɛkstrəˈsɪstəlɪ
headmasterly
ˌhɛdˈmæstəlɪ
masterliness
ˈmɑːstəlɪ
masterly
ˈmɑːstəlɪ
north-northeasterly
ˌnɔːθˌnɔːθˈiːstəlɪ
northeasterly
ˌnɔːθˈiːstəlɪ
northwesterly
ˌnɔːθˈwɛstəlɪ
postally
ˈpəʊstəlɪ
schoolmasterly
ˈskuːlˌmɑːstəlɪ
sinisterly
ˈsɪnɪstəlɪ
sisterly
ˈsɪstəlɪ
southeasterly
ˌsaʊθˈiːstəlɪ
southwesterly
ˌsaʊθˈwɛstəlɪ
systole
ˈsɪstəlɪ
westerly
ˈwɛstəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EASTERLY

easterlies
easterling
eastermost
eastern
Eastern bloc
Eastern Cape
Eastern Church
Eastern Daylight Time
Eastern Empire
Eastern Europe
Eastern European
Eastern European Summer Time
Eastern European Time
Eastern Ghats
eastern hemisphere
eastern meadowlark

WORDS THAT END LIKE EASTERLY

biquarterly
bitterly
clouterly
daughterly
elderly
formerly
latterly
northerly
overly
painterly
porterly
properly
quarterly
souterly
spinsterly
unsisterly
utterly
whoremasterly
winterly
writerly

Synonyms and antonyms of easterly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «easterly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EASTERLY

Find out the translation of easterly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of easterly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «easterly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

向东的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

al este
570 millions of speakers

English

easterly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूर्व की ओर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شرقية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

восточный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

do leste
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পুবাল বাতাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

est
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Timur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

östlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

東方の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

동쪽 방향의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Easterly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gió đông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிழக்கு திசை நோக்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ईश्वरच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

doğuda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

verso est
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wschodnim
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

східний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

est
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανατολική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oostelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ostlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

østligste
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of easterly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EASTERLY»

The term «easterly» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.610 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EASTERLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «easterly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «easterly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about easterly

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QUOTES WITH «EASTERLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word easterly.
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Meriwether Lewis
The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and people near the Rocky mountains where they had been.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EASTERLY»

Discover the use of easterly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to easterly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the ...
From one of the world’s best-known development economists—an excoriating attack on the tragic hubris of the West’s efforts to improve the lot of the so-called developing world In his previous book, The Elusive Quest for Growth, ...
William Easterly, 2006
2
Likeness and Landscape: Thomas M. Easterly and the Art of ...
Of his surviving inventory of over 600 plates in the collection of the Missouri Historical Society, over 140 are views of St. Louis, his native New England, and the Niagara Falls region of New York.
Dolores Ann Kilgo, 1994
3
Reinventing foreign aid
In Reinventing Foreign Aid, development expert William Easterly has gathered top scholars in the field to discuss how to improve foreign aid.
William Easterly, 2008
4
What Works in Development?: Thinking Big and Thinking Small
The book attempts to find a consensus on which approach is likely to be more effective.
Jessica Cohen, William Easterly, 2010
5
Africa's Turn?
In Africa's Turn? Miguel tracks a decade of comparably hopeful economic trends throughout sub-Saharan Africa and suggests that we may be seeing a turnaround.
Edward Miguel, William R. Easterly, 2009
6
An Elegy for Easterly: Stories
They followed her, as they often did, past the houses in Easterly Farm, houses of pole and mud, of thick black plastic sheeting for walls and clear plastic for windows, houses that erupted without city permission, unnumbered houses identified ...
Petina Gappah, 2009
7
African Easterly Waves and Convection
Chapter 3 – Variability of African Easterly Waves. 3.1 Introduction and methodology. To date, the characteristics of African Easterly Waves (AEWs) have been examined primarily using either a composite (e.g. Burpee, 1974) or single case ...
Gareth J. Berry, 2009
8
Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the ...
Easterly - Eastman anil his wife into depression, and he was slow in recovering his husi- ness. Easterly exhibited in the daguerreotype category at the 1866 and 1867 St. Louis Fairs. He opened a new gallery at 65 North Fourth Street by 1866  ...
Peter E. Palmquist, Thomas R. Kailbourn, 2005
9
Colonial Records of Pennsylvania
twenty-two pches, South fifty Degrees Easterly fifty-two pches, South six Degrees Easterly fifty-two pches, to a small run, South eighty Degrees Easterly ten pches, South fifty-four Degrees Easterly fifty-six pches, South eighty-one Degrees ...
Samuel Hazard, 1851
10
The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D.: In Six Volumes
Wind easterly, fair weather— In the evening, dose and cloudy. easterly, fair weather — Evening, cloudy. easterly, fair weather— Evening, close aad cloudy. easterly, fair weather— Evening, cloudy. easterly, fair weather. easterly, fair weather.
Tobias George Smollett, 1790

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EASTERLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term easterly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Buckinghamshire weather: Get outside as there's going to be lots of …
Maximum temperatures of 22°C (72°F) will feel quite warm with only light south/south-easterly winds. Thursday night: It will be a mostly dry start ... «Get Bucks, Jul 15»
2
Forecast: More rain on the way to metro Detroit
We had a little more cloud cover than expected today which, combined with the easterly wind, kept afternoon temperatures down in the mid to ... «WDIV Detroit, Jul 15»
3
Two train lines connecting Azusa to Santa Monica enter final testing …
The 11.5-mile easterly foothill extension adds six more stations: Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte/City of Hope, Irwindale, downtown Azusa and Azusa ... «The San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Disorganized Tropical Depression Becoming Less Of A Threat
... increasingly shallow and becomes embedded in easterly trade wind flow south of a surface high centered far north of the Hawaiian Islands. «Big Island Video News, Jul 15»
5
'Emergency repairs' to take place on A52 over the weekend
Access to West Street and to Queen Street businesses will be maintained in an easterly direction beyond Lister Way as normal. For further ... «Boston Standard, Jul 15»
6
A Lesson From Greece: Beware the Prophets of Boom
Using a sample of developing countries, New York University economist Bill Easterly showed in a recent paper that the pace of growth has a ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
7
Rockefellers Hit the Jackpot With Obama Administration Nuclear …
Easterly faults the Rockefeller Foundation for “blindness to the Chinese as individuals,” writing, “Conspicuously missing in Rockefeller's ... «New York Sun, Jul 15»
8
Flood control project begins this month
Starting in July, the project will lower the easterly portion of the park to form a flood control basin and make changes to the existing storm drain ... «Napa Valley Register, Jul 15»
9
Strong dust winds again tomorrow
Easterly winds would cause an increase in relative humidity. “The weather during this period will be hot during the day and relatively humid by ... «Peninsula On-line, Jul 15»
10
Canaccord Genuity Reiterates Hold Rating for Centamin PLC (CEY)
Its Sukari tenement is located in the south-easterly region of the Eastern Desert of Egypt, approximately 700 kilometers from Cairo and 25 kilometers from the ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Easterly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/easterly>. May 2024 ».
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