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southwesterly

[ UK /sa‍ʊθwˈɛstəli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. situated in or oriented toward the southwest
  2. coming from the southwest
    the winds are southwesterly

How To Use southwesterly In A Sentence

  • The human species has not evolved such that it can tolerate sitting in that southwesterly location, behind uninsulated glass, leaning on a heat absorbing table of dark steel and not be grossly uncomfortable.
  • The south end of the range experiences the southwesterly monsoon from the ocean and the north end dry northeasterly harmattan winds from the desert. Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire
  • The ship held to a southwesterly course.
  • It was a breezy southwesterly gale which caused overflowing dustbins to be sent flying through the masses.
  • The Observatory said the hot weather was caused by a southwesterly airstream.
  • The south end of the range experiences the southwesterly monsoon from the ocean and the north end dry northeasterly harmattan winds from the desert. Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire
  • Temperatures rocketed under the influence of a southwesterly airstream.
  • They were travelling in a southwesterly direction.
  • During dry periods, these lakes shrank or disappeared, and prevailing southwesterly winds blew clouds of sand from the dry lakebeds across the valley.
  • the winds are southwesterly
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