NAVALLY

Etymology

Adverb

navally (not comparable)

In a naval manner; with relation to a navy.

Source: Wiktionary

NAVAL

Na"val, a. Etym: [L. navalis, fr. navis ship: cf. F. naval. See Nave of a church.]

Definition: Having to do with shipping; of or pertaining to ships or a navy; consisting of ships; as, naval forces, successes, stores, etc.

Naval brigade, a body of seamen or marines organized for military service on land.

– Naval officer. (a) An officer in the navy. (b) A high officer in some United States customhouses.

– Naval tactics, the science of managing or maneuvering vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets.

Syn.

– Nautical; marine; maritime.

– Naval, Nautical. Naval is applied to vessels, or a navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a military, engagement; naval equipments or stores, a naval triumph, a naval officer, etc., and of nautical pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a nautical almanac, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition