northwesterly C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities Also spelled north-westerly US /ˌnɔrθˈwɛstərli/ UK /ˌnɔːθˈwɛstəli/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj toward or coming from the northwest By dusk the breeze had swung to a stiff northwesterly. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · toward or coming from the... northwestwardnorthwestern ↔ Opposites southeasterly Word family Related forms northwestnorthwestwardwesterly Etymology AI details A compound of northwest (north + west) + -erly; north from Old English norð and west from Old English west, both of Proto-Germanic origin. norð Old English west Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # northwesterly **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌnɔrθˈwɛstərli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌnɔːθˈwɛstəli/ ## Meanings 1. toward or coming from the northwest ## Examples - By dusk the breeze had swung to a stiff northwesterly. ## Synonyms - northwestward - northwestern ## Antonyms - southeasterly ## Related Forms - northwest - northwestward - westerly ## Roots and Affixes - Root: norð - Root: west ## Etymology A compound of northwest (north + west) + -erly; north from Old English norð and west from Old English west, both of Proto-Germanic origin. ## AI Etymology Northwesterly is a compound of northwest (north + west) + -erly; north from Old English norð and west from Old English west, both of Proto-Germanic origin. Important recorded forms include norð (Old English) and west (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers toward or coming from the northwest. The wider family includes related words such as northwest, northwestward, and westerly. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown