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View synonyms for alee

alee

[ uh-lee ]

adverb

, Nautical.
  1. upon or toward the lee side of a vessel; away from the wind ( aweather ).


alee

/ əˈliː /

adverb

  1. nautical on or towards the lee Compare aweather

    with the helm alee



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Word History and Origins

Origin of alee1

1350–1400; Middle English. See a- 1, lee

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Example Sentences

With anchor atrip and helm alee, Jack mourns not, no matter whither bound.

The men put spurs to their mules, Alee gave the lash to my horse, and we started.

Alee, the guide, was at my right side settling my lumbering foot in my stirrup.

Perhaps Larby himself had seen me, or perhaps my own guide, Alee, had betrayed me to his friend and "brother."

During Mohammad 'Alee's rule, all traces of the state and circumstance of the Memlook court gradually passed away.

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