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What is the adjective for eastern?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb easternize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

east
  1. Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
  2. (meteorology) wind from the east
  3. Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
  4. From the East; oriental.
  5. (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which contains the choir or chancel.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “The clouds do start early and there is a strong east wind so it is confusing thinking about how to handle the task.”
eastern
  1. Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east.
  2. (of a wind) Blowing from the east; easterly.
  3. (loosely) Oriental.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The highest concentration is found in the eastern Irish Sea in sediment banks lying parallel to the Cumbrian coast.”
      “As along the eastern United States, continental shelves commonly acquire a prism of sediments as the continental margin downflexes.”
      “There were popular courts or comhdhails, indicated by dozens of place names in eastern Scotland.”
easterly
  1. Facing the east; directed towards the east.
  2. Located towards the east.
  3. Coming from the east.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The easterly wind gently rustled the leaves on the trees.”
eastwardly
  1. Towards the east.
  2. (Blowing) from the east.
  3. Synonyms:
eastmost
  1. Furthest to the east; most eastern.
  2. Examples:
    1. “But the most interesting of all, indeed a famous window, is the eastmost in the north aisle.”
      “The road for ships is between the before-mentioned rock and the eastmost island.”
      “The 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures left the city a large concrete bathing zone on the eastmost part of the city's coastline.”
eastabout
  1. Eastward, heading east.
easter
  1. (now regional) Eastern. [from 8th c.]
  2. Examples:
    1. “Easter is only just around the corner and everyone has been prewarned not to buy me any easter eggs.”
      “The attorney-general assented, and the case was adjourned until the first day in easter term.”
      “The treasurer shall be a resident graduate of the University, to be elected annually at the first meeting of the easter term.”
eastly
  1. Synonym of easterly
eastward
easternmost
  1. Farthest east
  2. Examples:
    1. “We would regard the starting point as the easternmost point along the circumference of the circle.”
      “Marquette County is the easternmost Iron Country county and also the oldest, largest, and most mineralogically diverse.”
      “Some sources therefore refer to Tocharian A as East Tocharian or Turfanian, since Turfan is at the easternmost extent of the Tocharian sites.”
easternized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of easternize
easternizing
  1. present participle of easternize
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