lubberly

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LUB'BERLY, adjective Properly, tall and lank without activity; hence, bulky and heavy; clumsy; lazy; as a lubberly fellow or boy. LUB'BERLY, adverb Clumsily; awkwardly.
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