Leeway

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːweɪ

Origin

lee("side away from the wind") + way

Noun

1. The drift of a ship or airplane in a leeward direction.
2. A varying degree or amount of freedom or flexibility; margin, latitude, elbowroom.I don't think we have a lot of leeway when it comes to proper formatting.
• 2005, James Gosling et al., The Java Language Specification, Third Edition, Prentice Hall PTR, ISBN 0321246780, section 15.4 “FP-strict Expressions”,

• Within an expression that is not -strict, some leeway is granted for an implementation to use an extended exponent range to represent intermediate results; ...
1. (British) An adverse discrepancy or variation in a cumulative process, usually in make up leeway.

Synonyms

• (varying degree or amount of freedom) freedom, flexibility, latitude, wiggle room

Related terms

• lee
• leeward