how to pronounce westerly

/ˈwɛs.təl.i/

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westerly is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of westerly in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the wind starts out westerly but it ends …”

meanings of westerly

adjective:

Situated in the west.
Coming from the west.

name:

An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States.
A town in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States.

adverb:

Towards the west.

noun:

A westerly wind or storm.

westerly frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word westerly occurs in english on average 1.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics westerly can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that westerly can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;