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Jul 9, 2026

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somewhen
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lubberly

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lubberly

PRONUNCIATION:

(LUHB-uhr-lee)

MEANING:

adverb: Clumsily, awkwardly, or unskillfully.
adjective: Clumsy, awkward, or unskilled; not seamanlike.

ETYMOLOGY:

From lubber (a clumsy or inexperienced person, especially an inept sailor). Earliest documented use: 1580.

USAGE:

“She moves lubberly, but with great concentration.”
Valzhyna Mort; “Zhenya”; Collected Body; Copper Canyon Press; 2011.

See more usage examples of lubberly in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

I wanted to live my life so that people would know unmistakably that I am alive, so that when I finally die people will know the difference for sure between my living and my death. -June Jordan, writer, teacher, and activist (9 Jul 1936-2002)

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