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
Jodoque, prompted to sudden hospitality, had offered the sailorly personage a seat at his marriage dinner-table, and he, with a great laugh, accepted the invitation.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 by Various
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 Joseph Conrad
"I'd like to take up that loan and save the rest of the year's interest, Deacon Rowley," stated Mayo, with sailorly bluntness.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day
But Barry expected only sailorly qualities and loyalty from his officers; on the first count he was satisfied with Rolfe, and his doubts were few on the second.
From Gold Out of Celebes by Aylward Edward Dingle
