# weatherly

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #81,022

## Definitions
1. Able to sail close to the wind with little leeway.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/weatherly