Alee (adverb)
uh-lee
Away from the wind
First recorded between 1350–1400. Combines a-, meaning “to, toward, in,” + lee, meaning “the side that is turned away from the wind.”
Example sentences
“I pulled up my collar on my coat and turned alee from the driving rain.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
