a. and adv. [f. SOUTH-WEST, after WESTERLY.]
A. adj. a. Of the wind: Blowing from the south-west. b. Tending south-westward.
1708. Sewel, Du. Dict., II. Zuydwestelyk, south-westerly.
1731. Miller, Gard. Dict., s.v. Wind, The North-East Trade Wind below will be attended with a South-westerly above.
1840. R. H. Dana, Bef. Mast, vii. A steady though light southwesterly wind.
1869. Dunkin, Midn. Sky, 59. A south-westerly direction.
transf. 1883. J. D. Jerrold Kelly, in Harper’s Mag., Aug., 441/2. One murky south-westerly Saturday night.
B. adv. South-westwardly.
1792. Morse, Amer. Geog., 50. These mountains extend north-easterly and south-westerly.
1883. American, VII. 168. The party now headed southwesterly for the Siberian coast.
