Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weatherly

/wˈɛðɚli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: weath-er-ly
IPA: /wˈɛðɚli/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to sail close to the wind with little leeway.

name

Etymology

Etymology tree English weather Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English weatherly From weather (“direction from which the wind blows”) + -ly (“characteristic of”).

Inflected Forms

more weatherly (comparative) most weatherly (superlative) Weatherlys (plural)

Derived Forms

unweatherly weatherliness

Rhymes With

heatherly featherly

Questions

How do you pronounce weatherly?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɛðɚli/.
What does weatherly mean?: Able to sail close to the wind with little leeway.
Where does weatherly come from?: Etymology tree English weather Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English weatherly From weather (“direction from which the wind blows”) + -ly (“characteristic of”).

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