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
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Now let some quiet observant man of the sailorly sort go round at night and count the boats.
From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by James Runciman
Turning, I espied Sir Richard upon his knees, one hand grasping the tiller sailorly, the other upraised to the glimmering firmament; hereupon I knelt also, joining him in this prayer of thanksgiving.
From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Jeffery Farnol
Could even match the red giant at sailorly work with ropes and wires.
From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer
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 Holman Day