seamanlyadj.adv.
/ˈsiːmənli/, U.S. /ˈsimənli/ = seamanlike adj.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [adjective] > characteristic of (good) sailor
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sailorly1865
society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [adverb] > in manner befitting a sailor
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1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 51 I believe, had you been there, you would have rapped out some most seamanly oaths.
1885 W. C. Russell Strange Voy. III. xiii. 238 But for the seamanly foresight of Nipper in anchoring a line to warp along with we shouldn't have been able to stir the raft from the ship's side.
1905 Speaker 11 Nov. 126/1 Their desires, apart from the desire to do their difficult work seamanly, are centred in seal-steaks and bear-soup.
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