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Captainly vs Captainlike - What's the difference?

captainly | captainlike | Synonyms |

Captainlike is a synonym of captainly.



As adjectives the difference between captainly and captainlike

is that captainly is befitting a captain while captainlike is resembling or characteristic of a captain.

captainly

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Befitting a captain.

    • captainlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of a captain.
  • * 1980 , Donald Hamilton, Cruises with Kathleen
    • "Let's get that jib in," I said, using what I hoped was a calm and captainlike voice.
  • * 1996 , Linda Joy Singleton, Crazy for Cartwheels
    • And I never did become squad captain — but I've decided to do one final, captainlike thing. Tomorrow at lunch I'll call a meeting of the Cheer Squad.
  • * 1998 , Reese Palley, Unlikely Passages
    • I toyed briefly with the impulse to exercise my authority and order up, in a loud and captainlike tone, my dinner.

    Synonyms

    * captainly