nauticallyadv.
/ˈnɔːtᵻkli/, U.S. /ˈnɔdək(ə)li/, /ˈnɑdək(ə)li/ In a nautical manner; with regard to nautical matters.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [adverb]
nautically1834
1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. xv. 256 You are very nautically poetical.
1884 Science 25 Apr. 507/1 The full, round ship, or nautically speaking, a ship with full lines, is much more liable to be crushed by ice-pressure than one built with sharp lines.
1937 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 10 419 Nautically minded truants are referred to the Sea Scouts, later to the Seamen's Institute.
1991 Dispatch (Gilroy, California) 26 July a2/6 Wearing a nautically correct blue blazer..Koch put on a yachting cap.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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