[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

easterly \east"erly\, a.
   1. coming from the east; as, it was easterly wind.
      1913 webster

   2. situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the
      easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

easterly \east"erly\, adv.
   toward, or in the direction of, the east.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

easterly
     adj 1: lying in or toward the east; "the east side of ny"; "eastern
            cities" syn: eastern
     2: from the east; used especially of winds; "an east wind";
        "the winds are easterly" syn: eastern
     n : a wind from the east syn: east wind, easter
     adv : from the east; "the winds blew easterly all night" ant: westerly
see also:
eastern east wind easter westerly 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

66 moby thesaurus words for "easterly":
   e, euroclydon, tehuantepec wind, tehuantepecer, antarctic, arctic,
   austral, bise, boreal, east, east wind, eastabout, eastbound,
   easter, eastermost, eastern, easternmost, eastward, eastwardly,
   eastwards, gregale, hyperborean, levanter, meridional, mistral,
   north, north wind, northbound, northeast, northeaster,
   northeasterly, northeastern, norther, northerly, northern,
   northernmost, northwest, northwester, northwesterly, northwestern,
   occidental, oriental, south, south wind, southbound, southeast,
   southeaster, southeasterly, southeastern, souther, southerly,
   southerly buster, southern, southernmost, southwest, southwester,
   southwesterly, southwestern, tramontane, west, west wind,
   westbound, wester, westerly, western, westernmost

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