lubberly
Collocations
4ADJ.
dear, done, great
VERB + LUBBERLY
see, seeing, use
LUBBERLY + NOUN
ass, boy, expression
ADV.
such
Definitions
adj
Clumsy and stupid; resembling a lubber (an inexperienced person).
a great lubberly boy
Ponocrates and Eudemon burst out in a laughing so heartily, that they had almost split with it, and given up the ghost, in rendering their souls to God: even just as Crassus did, seeing a lubberly ass eat thistles;
Lacking in seamanship; of or suitable to a landlubber who is new to being at sea and unfamiliar with the ways of a sailor.
"Do not use such a lubberly expression, my dear Rose, if you respect your father's profession. On a vessel is a new-fangled Americanism, that is neither fish, flesh, nor red-herring, as we sailors say,— neither English nor Greek."
adv
In the manner of a landlubber.
I'm not ignorant of these matters, having been many years at sea—and seamen, you must know, are curious in knots; I cannot endure to see anything done lubberly.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — inexperienced in seamanship
- landlubberly
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4a great lubberly boy
WiktionaryPonocrates and Eudemon burst out in a laughing so heartily, that they had almost split with it, and given up the ghost, in rendering their souls to God: even just as Crassus did, seeing a lubberly ass
Wiktionary"Do not use such a lubberly expression, my dear Rose, if you respect your father's profession. On a vessel is a new-fangled Americanism, that is neither fish, flesh, nor red-herring, as we sailors say
WiktionaryI'm not ignorant of these matters, having been many years at sea—and seamen, you must know, are curious in knots; I cannot endure to see anything done lubberly.
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