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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

southwesterly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables
south-west-er-ly
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Situated in, or pointing to, the southwest.

adj

Of a wind, coming from the southwest.

adv

From the southwest.

noun

A strong wind or storm from the southwest.

Inflected Forms

more southwesterly (comparative) most southwesterly (superlative) south-westerly (alternative) southwesterlies (plural)

Synonyms

southwester southwest southwestern

Questions

What does southwesterly mean?
Situated in, or pointing to, the southwest.

How to pronounce southwesterly

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