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Lubberly

adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Clumsy and stupid; resembling a lubber (an inexperienced person).

    "a great lubberly boy"

  2. 2
    Lacking in seamanship; of or suitable to a landlubber who is new to being at sea and unfamiliar with the ways of a sailor.

    ""Do not use such a lubberly expression, my dear Rose, if you respect your father's profession. On a vessel is a new-fangled Americanism, that is neither fish, flesh, nor red-herring, as we sailors say,— neither English nor Greek.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    inexperienced in seamanship wordnet
  2. 2
    clumsy and unskilled wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In the manner of a landlubber.

    "I'm not ignorant of these matters, having been many years at sea—and seamen, you must know, are curious in knots; I cannot endure to see anything done lubberly."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From lubber + -ly.

Etymology 2

From lubber + -ly.

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