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adj. - Not befitting a sailor.

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Usage examples (29)
  • The men of the Falaba quickly entered the boats, although the launching took place in an unseamanlike manner.
  • We kept Mnemosyne for over two months, and never once did she misconduct herself or behave in an unseamanlike manner.
  • I forbear to dwell upon this exhibition of human weakness, for almost any one in Jason's shoes would have been equally regardless of the regulations, and in consequence...
  • The danger of the fire-ship took such hold on people's minds that it was with great toil and difficulty they were persuaded to venture on the face of the waters in such...
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