seamanlike
adjective
like or befitting a seaman; showing good seamanship.
seamanly
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a variation of
seamanlike.
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a word derived from
seaman.
Example Sentences
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Signs of good seamanly thinking are evident in the handrails that are placed around the interior.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
From Treasure Island by Winter, Milo
Any seafaring man will tell you that this implies seamanly ability.
From Our Navy in the War by Perry, Lawrence
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.
From Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis
He was a clean-cut seamanly fellow of about thirty.
From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by Raine, William MacLeod
