shiply

shiply

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

shiply (comparative shiplier or more shiply, superlative shipliest or most shiply)

1. Of, resembling, or relating to a ship or ships; naval.
   • 1942, Harold S. Ingham, Fire and water:

     But through its tiled passages there sails a shiply cleanliness. Everything is washed down with hosewater, swabbed down with swabs.

   • 1953, William Sansom, Pleasures strange and simple:

     There is nothing materially similar to a ship in the construction of a Fire Station, but through its tiled passages a shiply cleanliness pervades.

   • 2012, Stuart Wilson, Ice Haven:

     They anchored at the island, which they had named Bear Island, for several days while they worked on their ship; repairing sails and doing shiply things of which Jacob still had little inkling.