Meriwether Lewis

The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and people near the Rocky mountains where they had been.

American Explorer

Easterly often describes winds in weather reports, indicating a cooler climate due to eastward winds.

Weather-Related

Easterly can describe any general movement from the east, not necessarily a strict eastward direction.

Not Always Literal

Easterly can be used metaphorically to suggest something, like a change, originating from the east.

Metaphorical Use

As an adjective, 'easterly' emphasizes the eastward position or direction of objects or actions.

Directional Emphasis

Use 'easterly' to indicate the relative location of geographic features or travel routes.

Geographic Orientation

In navigation, easterly refers to sailing or flying in the direction of the east.

Navigational Reference

'Easterly' as an adverb conveys the position of one thing in relation to another to the east.

Spatial Placement

Easterly can compare locations, suggesting one is further to the east than another.

Comparative Descriptions

 edge of the this little clearing and there were three or four others here you can interest big black fan thing it's like a black sunrise it's one of those easterly things in nature the object is a shoe size obvious is to attract the females and that whole thing that you

The Bizarre Grouse of...

 before it was merely a sock filled with ash and I already said there you can see the air is blowing well actually interestingly in a slightly easterly direction ah it's all swirling all over the place