The upshot of these contradictions was, that instead of piloting His Majesty's ships in a becoming seamanly manner, he was for ever running them aground. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
For it was not only a piece of stout, seamanly, good feeling; it was good policy besides and showed our enemies that we despised their cannonade. from Treasure Island, by R.L. Stevenson. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-06-20] Reference
He was a clean-cut seamanly fellow of about thirty. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure] Reference
Any seafaring man will tell you that this implies seamanly ability. From Wordnik.com. [Our Navy in the War] Reference
For it was not only a piece of stout, seamanly good feeling; it was good policy besides, and showed our enemies that we despised their cannonade. From Wordnik.com. [Treasure Island] Reference
For it was not only a piece of stout, seamanly, good feeling; it was good policy besides and showed our enemies that we despised their cannonade. From Wordnik.com. [Treasure Island] Reference
Here he found spun yarn, and, cutting enough lengths of it, he came up and finished the job, tying knots so hard and seamanly that the strongest fingers of a fellow prisoner could not untie them. From Wordnik.com. [The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility] Reference
He was a trim-built, well-favored young fellow, with more refinement in his face than most sailors can show; yet there was no lack of seamanly deftness in the fingers which balled up the spun yarn and threw a half-hitch with the bight of the lanyard over the point of the marlinespike which hung to his neck. From Wordnik.com. ["Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea] Reference
Only his seamanly roll had appealed to me. From Wordnik.com. [The Grain Ship] Reference
Is that seamanly behavior, now, I want to know?. From Wordnik.com. [Treasure Island] Reference
Is that seamanly behaviour, now, I want to know?. From Wordnik.com. [Treasure Island] Reference
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