Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a lubber; clumsy; awkward.
- Clumsily; awkwardly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Clumsily; awkwardly.
- adjective Like a lubber; clumsy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Clumsy andstupid ; resembling alubber (aninexperienced person). - adjective Lacking in
seamanship ; of or suitable to alandlubber who is new to being at sea and unfamiliar with the ways of a sailor. - adverb In the manner of a
landlubber .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inexperienced in seamanship
- adjective clumsy and unskilled
Etymologies
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Examples
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'Volcano;' and, in order to give to his ship a still greater resemblance than it already had to a merchantman, he displayed an old faded scarlet ensign, and drew up his fore and main sail in what sailors term a lubberly manner.
The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2) Willis J. Abbot 1898
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Price, of the Volcano; and in order to give to his ship a still greater resemblance than it already had to a merchantman, he displayed an old faded scarlet ensign, and drew up his fore and mainsail in what sailors term a lubberly manner.
The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815 1842
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The poor voyageurs, too, continually irritated his spleen by their "lubberly" and unseemly habits, so abhorrent to one accustomed to the cleanliness of a man-of-war.
Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains 1836
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His letters to Mr. Astor, wherein he pours forth the bitterness of his soul, and his seamanlike impatience of what he considers the "lubberly" character and conduct of those around him, are before us, and are amusingly characteristic.
Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains 1836
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His letters to Mr. Astor, wherein he pours forth the bitterness of his soul, and his seamanlike impatience of what he considers the "lubberly" character and conduct of those around him, are before us, and are amusingly characteristic.
Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Washington Irving 1821
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The poor voyageurs, too, continually irritated his spleen by their "lubberly" and unseemly habits, so abhorrent to one accustomed to the cleanliness of a man-of-war.
Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Washington Irving 1821
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"Because I won't be called lubberly, I'm as good a man as ever swabbed a deck, and don't care who says to the contrary.
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From the wharf at Selby's we watched with careless interest the lubberly manoeuvre performed of bringing the yacht to anchor, and the equally lubberly manoeuvre of sending the small boat ashore.
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Nicholas and I had caught the spirit of the crazy craft, and we handled her in most lubberly fashion.
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Inside the hour the ship was over on her beam ends, the lubberly cowards climbing up her side and hanging on in the rigging.
chained_bear commented on the word lubberly
"...your handling of the sheets to be lubberly and unnavylike." --Captain Aubrey, "Master and Commander"
February 21, 2007
yarb commented on the word lubberly
The household consisted of three servants: a lubberly ostler, a young Galician chambermaid, and myself.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 10 ch. 10
October 10, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word lubberly
Isn't that lubberly?
July 16, 2011