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What is "lubberly"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lubberly

Lubberly \Lub"ber*ly\, adv. Clumsily; awkwardly.
--Dryden.

Lubberly

Lubberly \Lub"ber*ly\, a. Like a lubber; clumsy.

A great lubberly boy.
--Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
lubberly

1570s, from lubber (n.) + -ly (1).

Wiktionary
lubberly

a. 1 clumsy and stupid; resembling a lubber (an inexperienced person). 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. adv. In the manner of a landlubber.

WordNet
lubberly

  1. adj. clumsy and unskilled; "a big stupid lubberly fellow"

  2. inexperienced in seamanship; "of all landlubbers the most lubberly" [syn: landlubberly]

Usage examples of "lubberly".

No more being tied to a lubberly parcel of sneaking rogues, merchants creeping up and down the sea.

I like to put out that fire with the lubberly carcasses of the villains!

At the far end however Mowett and Rowan, the man who had replaced the lubberly Somers, seemed to be in disagreement, strong and even acrimonious disagreement.