• Westwardly

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /ˈwÉ›stwÉ™dli/

    Origin

    From westward + -ly.

    Full definition of westwardly

    Adjective

    westwardly

    1. Blowing from the west (of wind).
    2. Situated in or moving towards the west.

    Adverb

    westwardly

    1. In a westward direction.
      • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of, Nebraska 1987, p. 38:He was going westwardly, and very kindly enquired of me where I was travelling?
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