sailorly

Example Sentences

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I glance down to see that my clothes look sailorly as well, although just as worn and frayed as before.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

He may think," Sebright commented, "that it's his sailorly bluff that has done it, but, as far as I can see, nobody but you yourself, Kemp, had anything to do with bringing it about.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph

Mate McGaw was a sailorly man and understood how to fit one fact with another.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman

It will be observed how characteristically sailorly he is in his leanings on Divine monopoly in punishing the "bloody Corsican" for his wickedness in waging war against Britain.

From Drake, Nelson and Napoleon by Runciman, Walter

Yes," acknowledged Captain Cathie, in reply to a pointed question of Aunt Jannet's respecting the sailorly qualities of his boat, "I'm bound to say she's not exactly what you might call a fast boat.

From White Fire by Oxenham, John