Etymology

weatherly

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Today it means: Able to sail close to the wind with little leeway. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English weather
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  1. Englishweather
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. English todayweatherly

From weather (“direction from which the wind blows”) + -ly (“characteristic of”).

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