lubberly

/'lʌbəli/

Thân thiện

A lubberly sailor struggles to tie a knot on the ship's deck.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Clumsy, awkward, and unskilled; resembling a landlubber: Describes someone who is physically awkward, especially due to a lack of skill or experience, often with a connotation of being large and stupid. Historically, it specifically refers to someone inexperienced in seamanship or nautical matters.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The lubberly recruit struggled to tie even the simplest knot.
  • His lubberly attempts at dancing drew amused glances from the crowd.
  • The captain had no patience for lubberly behavior on his ship.

Advanced Usage

• As an adverb (archaic/rare): In a clumsy, unseamanlike manner.
  • The sail was handled lubberly, causing the boat to lurch.

Variants and Related Words

• Lubber (noun): A big, clumsy, stupid person, especially one unfamiliar with the sea.
  • The seasoned sailors mocked the greenhorn as a lubber.
• Landlubber (noun): A person unfamiliar with the sea or sailing.
  • The term landlubber is often used humorously by sailors.

Synonyms

• Clumsy
• Awkward
• Bumbling
• Ungainly
• Inept

Antonyms

• Graceful
• Nimble
• Dexterous
• Skillful
• Seamanlike

Related Idioms/Phrases

• No phrase directly incorporates "lubberly," but it is conceptually linked to:
  • Like a fish out of water: To be in a situation where one is awkward or uncomfortable due to a lack of experience.

    • On the sailing yacht, the city businessman felt like a fish out of water, his movements lubberly and uncertain.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. inexperienced in seamanship
   • of all landlubbers the most lubberly
2. clumsy and unskilled
   • a big stupid lubberly fellow

Từ đồng nghĩa

• landlubberly