Definition of "Adriatic"

Adriatic

/ˌeɪ.dɹiˈæt.ɪk/

adjective
not comparable
1. Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea
  Quotations
  She moves me not, or not removes, at least,Affection's edge in me, were she as roughAs are the swelling Adriatic seas:
  c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene ii]
proper noun
1. (usually with "the") Ellipsis of Adriatic Sea.; A sea between Italian Peninsula and Balkan Peninsula; an extension of the in the Mediterranean, located between boot of Italy, and the Dalmatian, coast of the Balkans.
  Quotations
  Her husband sail'd upon the Adriatic,And made some voyages, too, in other seas,
  1818, Lord Byron, Beppo
  A strange story comes from the Adriatic.
  1909, Bram Stoker, The Lady of the Shroud
  From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.
  1946 March 5, Winston Churchill, Iron Curtain speech