How do native speakers pronounce "leeward" in English?

In natural English speech, "leeward" appears in contexts such as: "Were they in the tent? leeward, sheltered and snug.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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How to pronounce“leeward”in English

IPA/ˈliwɚd/

Syllableslee·ward

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Were they in the tent?

leeward, sheltered and snug.

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adjective

On the side sheltered from the wind; in that direction.

Synonyms:downwind

adverb

Away from the direction from which the wind is blowing; downwind.

“Some hours after midnight, the Typhoon abated so much, that through the strenuous exertions of Starbuck and Stubb—one engaged forward and the other aft—the shivered remnants of the jib and fore and main-top-sails were cut adrift from the spars, and went eddying away to leeward, like the feathers of an albatross, which sometimes are cast to the winds when that storm-tossed bird is on the wing.”

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