Lexic.us

Definition of Lubberly

1. Adjective. Clumsy and unskilled. "A big stupid lubberly fellow"

2. Adjective. Inexperienced in seamanship. "Of all landlubbers the most lubberly"

Definition of Lubberly

1. a. Like a lubber; clumsy.

2. adv. Clumsily; awkwardly.

Definition of Lubberly

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

2. Adjective. Lacking in seamanship; of or suitable to a landlubber who is new to being at sea and unfamiliar with the ways of a sailor. ¹

3. Adverb. In the manner of a landlubber. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lubberly

1. lubber [adj] - See also: lubber

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lubberly

lozengy lozens luanheite luau luaus lubbard lubbards lubber lubber's hole lubber's line

lubber's mark lubber's point lubber line lubberliness lubberlinesses lubberly (current term) lubbers lube lube job lube jobs

lubed luberoite lubes lubfish lubfishes lubing lubiprostone lubki lubok luboks

Literary usage of Lubberly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"A lazy, lubberly fellow ; derived, with some probability, from lache, French, ... a lubberly sloven, heavie sot, lumpish hoyden." So, ho, so, ho, ..."

2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"A .azy, lubberly fellow. So, ho, so, ho, Appetitus ! faith now I think Morpheus himself hath been here; up, with a pox to you : up, you lusk 1 Lingua, ..."

3. The Land of the Nile Springs: Being Chiefly an Account of how We Fought Kabarega by Henry Edward Colvile (1895)
"... alarm —The effects of echo—The harbour—Refugees—Jigger sores —Medicinal springs—A canoe race—A lubberly crew— Naval architecture—Pleasures of ..."

4. Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English by John Walker (1823)
"... lub'bur. s. a sturdy drone lubberly, lub'bur-U. a. lazy and bulky lubberly, lab'b'ir-le. ad. awkwardly Lubricate, li'bre-kite. ra to make smooth f ..."

5. An Overland Journey to Lisbon at the Close of 1846: With a Picture of the by Terence McMahon Hughes (1847)
"... lubberly laziness.—They succeed through a woman's ingenuity.— Particulars of the espionnage to which I was subjected at Burgos.—A Zaragozano. ..."

6. An Overland Journey to Lisbon at the Close of 1846: With a Picture of the by Terence McMahon Hughes (1847)
"... lubberly laziness.—They succeed through a woman's ingenuity.— Particulars of the espionnage to which I was subjected at Burgos.—A Zaragozano. ..."

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