Shiply

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, resembling, or relating to a ship or ships; naval.

    "But through its tiled passages there sails a shiply cleanliness. Everything is washed down with hosewater, swabbed down with swabs."

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"But through its tiled passages there sails a shiply cleanliness. Everything is washed down with hosewater, swabbed down with swabs."

Etymology

From Middle English *schipli, from Old English sciplīċ (“naval, relating to a fleet”), equivalent to ship + -ly. Compare shiplike.

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