alee

1. 1.

   on or toward the lee

   “put the helm alee”

Questions about alee

What does alee mean?

alee means "on or toward the lee".

How many syllables are in alee?

alee has 2 syllables and divides as a-lee under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is alee a common word?

alee is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.