Westerly
WordNet
adjective
(1) Moving toward the west
"Westbound pioneers"
(2) Of wind; from the west
(3) Lying in or toward the west
adverb
(4) From the west
"The wind blew westerly"
(5) Toward the west
"We began to steer away westerly"- Daniel Defoe
noun
(6) The winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth
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Usage notes
Used by Land Surveyors when they do not want to be specific (not Astronomic West)