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unpiratical

unpiratical adjective: not piratical.

Adjective

unpiratical (comparative more unpiratical, superlative most unpiratical)

  1. Not piratical.
    • They knew well enough that the raftsmen were all down at the village laying in stores or having a spree, but still that was no excuse for their conducting this thing in an unpiratical way. They shoved off, presently, Tom in command, Huck at the after oar and Joe at the forward.1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC

Forms of unpiratical

comparativemore unpiratical
superlativemost unpiratical

Origin of unpiratical

From un- + piratical.

Questions about unpiratical

What does unpiratical mean?
Unpiratical means not piratical.
What part of speech is unpiratical?
Unpiratical is an adjective.

Words near unpiratical in the dictionary

  1. unpiquant
  2. unpiqued
  3. unpiratable
  4. unpirateable
  5. unpirated
  6. unpiratical
  7. unpissed
  8. unpitched
  9. unpiteous
  10. unpiteously
  11. unpithy

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