southwesterly
adverb or adjective
south·west·er·ly
sau̇(th)-ˈwe-stər-lē 
1
: from the southwest
2
: toward the southwest
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Southerly and southwesterly winds are also tapping hot and humid air from the South into the Midwest and Northeast this week.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Temps will be near to slightly above normal, with highs rising into the mid and upper 80s, except across the Cape and Islands where southwesterly flow will likely keep things a bit cooler.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
South and southwesterly flow during daytime hours each day will help disperse and transport the smoke across the South Carolina/North Carolina border.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Continuing southwesterly downhill, the course crossed the tracks of Charlie Collier’s Point Loma Railroad at Wabash, now called Nimitz Boulevard.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 24 June 2025
Temps will be near to slightly above normal, with highs rising into the mid and upper 80s, except across the Cape and Islands where southwesterly flow will likely keep things a bit cooler.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 20 June 2025
South and southwesterly flow during daytime hours each day will help disperse and transport the smoke across the South Carolina/North Carolina border.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Continuing southwesterly downhill, the course crossed the tracks of Charlie Collier’s Point Loma Railroad at Wabash, now called Nimitz Boulevard.
—Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Southwesterly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southwesterly. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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southwesterly
adverb or adjective
south·west·er·ly
sau̇(th)-ˈwes-tər-lē
1
: from the southwest
2
: toward the southwest
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