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skipperly

skipperly adjective: befitting a skipper, the master of a ship.

Adjective

skipperly (comparative more skipperly, superlative most skipperly)

  1. (rare) Befitting a skipper, the master of a ship.

Forms of skipperly

comparativemore skipperly
superlativemost skipperly

Origin of skipperly

From skipper + -ly.

Questions about skipperly

What does skipperly mean?
Skipperly means befitting a skipper, the master of a ship.
What part of speech is skipperly?
Skipperly is an adjective.

Words near skipperly in the dictionary

  1. skipper
  2. skipper-bird
  3. skipper-birds
  4. skippered
  5. skippering
  6. skipperly
  7. skippers
  8. skippership
  9. skippest
  10. skippet
  11. skippeth

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