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SEAMANLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does seamanly mean?
• SEAMANLY (adjective)
The adjective SEAMANLY has 1 sense:
1. characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship
Familiarity information: SEAMANLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characteristic of or befitting a seaman; indicating competent seamanship
Synonyms:
seamanlike; seamanly
Derivation:
seaman (a man who serves as a sailor)
Context examples
Is that seamanly behaviour, now, I want to know?
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
For it was not only a piece of stout, seamanly, good feeling; it was good policy besides and showed our enemies that we despised their cannonade.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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