lubberly

Meaning

Adj

1. Clumsy and stupid; resembling a lubber (an inexperienced person).
2. Lacking in seamanship; of or suitable to a landlubber who is new to being at sea and unfamiliar with the ways of a sailor.

Adv

In the manner of a landlubber.

Synonyms

awkward

clumsy

landlubberly

loutish

lumpish

lumpy

bouncing

burly

clownish

clumpy

coarse

crass

curmudgeonly

dabbling

gauche

gross

inapt

incompetent

inept

landlubber

landsman

lazy

lubber

lumbering

maladroit

pursy

slouch

snippy

squirt

stubbed

stupid

tactless

thick

thickset

unapt

ungainly

ungraceful

unhandy

unseeded

unskilled

unskillful

heavy handed

Philistine

landman

like a big dull-head

skilless

bad

👎

beefy

big

blocky

bluff

Translations

tölpelhaft

onhandig

torpe

Etymology

From lubber + -ly.