leewardlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈliːwədli/,

/ˈljuːədli/, U.S.

/ˈliwərdli/

Etymology: < leeward adj. and adv. + -ly suffix¹.

Of a ship: Apt to fall to leeward. Opposed to weatherly adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > easily managed > not > apt to fall to leeward

leewarda1618

leewardly1683

1683 W. Hacke Coll. Orig. Voy. (1699) i. 31 So leewardly a Ship, that she would not make her way better than N. by W. with this Sea.

1801 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 274 She was such a leewardly ship..that I should often be forced to anchor on a lee shore.

1865 Examiner 18 Mar. 163 They are far too leewardly to work to windward.

figurative.1890 W. C. Russell My Shipmate Louise II. xxiv. 216 There's the Whole Dooty o' Man—a bit leewardly; I couldn't fetch to windward of it myself.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	leewardly
释义	leewardlyadj. Brit. /ˈliːwədli/, /ˈljuːədli/, U.S. /ˈliwərdli/ Etymology: < leeward adj. and adv. + -ly suffix¹. Of a ship: Apt to fall to leeward. Opposed to weatherly adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [adjective] > easily managed > not > apt to fall to leeward leewarda1618 leewardly1683 1683 W. Hacke Coll. Orig. Voy. (1699) i. 31 So leewardly a Ship, that she would not make her way better than N. by W. with this Sea. 1801 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 274 She was such a leewardly ship..that I should often be forced to anchor on a lee shore. 1865 Examiner 18 Mar. 163 They are far too leewardly to work to windward. figurative.1890 W. C. Russell My Shipmate Louise II. xxiv. 216 There's the Whole Dooty o' Man—a bit leewardly; I couldn't fetch to windward of it myself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1683
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