navally en · ADV
Etymology
From naval + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In a naval manner; with relation to a navy.
Ironically enough, in this new war the Carthaginians—hitherto renowned for mastery at sea—would be inferior navally to the Romans, who less than half a century earlier had not rated at sea at all.
2003, Dexter Hoyos, Hannibal's Dynasty: Power and politics in the western Mediterranean, 247-183 BC, London: Routledge, page 105:[…] the indisputable deed of the latter, navally regarded, constituted the most heinous of military crimes.
1924, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.: