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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. coming from the northwest;
- Example: "northwesterly winds"
[syn: northwesterly, northwest]

2. situated in or oriented toward the northwest;
[syn: northwestern, northwesterly, northwest]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Northwesterly \North`west"er*ly\, a.
   Toward the northwest, or from the northwest.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

northwesterly
    adj 1: coming from the northwest; "northwesterly winds" [syn:
           northwesterly, northwest]
    2: situated in or oriented toward the northwest [syn:
       northwestern, northwesterly, northwest]