English Explanatory Dictionary

shiply

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, resembling, or relating to a ship or ships; naval.

Word forms

shiply shiplier more shiply shipliest most shiply

Etymology

From Middle English *schipli, from Old English sciplīċ (“naval, relating to a fleet”), equivalent to ship + -ly. Compare shiplike.

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