navally

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

naval +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

navally (not comparable)

  1. In a naval manner; with relation to a navy.
    • 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Billy Budd[1], London: Constable & Co.:
      [] the indisputable deed of the latter, navally regarded, constituted the most heinous of military crimes.
    • 2003, Dexter Hoyos, Hannibal's Dynasty: Power and politics in the western Mediterranean, 247-183 BC, London: Routledge, page 105:
      Ironically enough, in this new war the Carthaginians—hitherto renowned for mastery at sea—would be inferior navally to the Romans, who less than half a century earlier had not rated at sea at all.