Asail
//əˈseɪl// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 in the state of sailing not-comparable
"Tonight the church seems to have a separate existence, apart from the world or even Rome; to be more spiritual, more insubstantial than even the Trinita there. A ship asail in the Campagna, the only living thing in all that distance, and even then alive but so half-heartedly."
Example
More examples"Tonight the church seems to have a separate existence, apart from the world or even Rome; to be more spiritual, more insubstantial than even the Trinita there. A ship asail in the Campagna, the only living thing in all that distance, and even then alive but so half-heartedly."
Etymology
From a- + sail.
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