weatherly

1. 1.

   (of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled

   sailing vessel

Questions about weatherly

What does weatherly mean?

weatherly means "(of a sailing vessel) making very little leeway when close-hauled".

How many syllables are in weatherly?

weatherly has 3 syllables: weat-her-ly. The stress falls on "weat". In IPA it is /ˈwɛðɚli/.

Is weatherly a common word?

weatherly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.