easterlies

adjective

1. moving, directed, or situated toward the east: an easterly course.
2. (especially of a wind) coming from the east: an easterly gale.

adverb

3. toward the east.
4. from the east.

noun, plural east·er·lies.

5. a wind that blows from the east.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or situated in the east

adverb, adjective

2. towards or in the direction of the east
3. from the eastan easterly wind

noun plural -lies

4. a wind from the east

adv.

1540s, from easter (late 14c.), variant of eastern + -ly (2). As a noun meaning “easterly wind,” by 1901. Old English easterlic meant “pertaining to Easter.”

1. A wind, especially a prevailing wind, that blows from the east. The trade winds in tropical regions and the prevailing winds in the polar regions are easterlies. See illustration at wind.