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seawise

seawise adjective: experienced in marine navigation.

Adjective

seawise (comparative more seawise, superlative most seawise)

  1. Experienced in marine navigation.
    • Watt was a cardiac case, a seawise and kindly man, and probably by now he is dead.2022, A. J. Liebling, Back where I came from

Forms of seawise

comparativemore seawise
superlativemost seawise

Origin of seawise

From sea + wise.

Questions about seawise

What does seawise mean?
Seawise means experienced in marine navigation.
What part of speech is seawise?
Seawise is an adjective.

Words near seawise in the dictionary

  1. Seawell
  2. Seawells
  3. seawhip
  4. seawhips
  5. seawife
  6. seawise
  7. seawives
  8. seawolf
  9. seawolves
  10. seawoman
  11. seawomen

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