Hyphenation of easterly

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

east-er-ly

Definitions of easterly:

1.	A wind from the east
2.	Lying in or toward the east The east side of New York Eastern cities
3.	From the east Used especially of winds An eastern wind The winds are easterly
4.	From the east The winds blew easterly all night

Synonyms of easterly:

adj	eastern, east
adj	eastern, east
noun	east wind, easter, wind, air current, current of air

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.