navally

English

Etymology

From naval +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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.