Hyphenation of westerly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word westerly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

west-er-ly

Definitions of westerly:

1.	The winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
2.	Of wind From the west
3.	Moving toward the west Westbound pioneers
4.	Toward the west We began to steer away westerly- Daniel Defoe
5.	From the west The wind blew westerly

Synonyms of westerly:

adj	western, west
adj	western, west
adj	westbound, westward, west
noun	prevailing westerly, west wind, wester

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