Hyphenation of northwesterly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word northwesterly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

north-west-er-ly

Definitions of northwesterly:

1.	Coming from the northwest Northwesterly winds
2.	Situated in or oriented toward the northwest

Synonyms of northwesterly:

adj	northwest, north
adj	northwestern, northwest, north

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