I'm looking for an adjective that describes the fact that a ship is sailing at sea. Much as "afoot" describes a person being in the state of walking. I was hoping "asail" would be a word, but can't find it from Google.
The word would replace the square brackets in the following example:
In Plato's ship of state metaphor, a ship is [sailing at sea], helmed by a captain …
Best Answer
You are looking for afloat: