captainlike
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captainlike (comparative more captainlike, superlative most captainlike)
- 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.