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drunkenly

drunkenly adverb: in a drunken manner.

Adverb

drunkenly (comparative more drunkenly, superlative most drunkenly)

  1. In a drunken manner.
    • O, spare me not, my brother Edward's son,
      For that I was his father Edward's son;
      That blood already, like the pelican,
      Hast thou tapp'd out and drunkenly caroused:1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
    • […] there, tipping drunkenly over the top of dense growth, were the totem poles of Gittex.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 9, in Klee Wyck

Synonyms of drunkenly

Forms of drunkenly

comparativemore drunkenly
superlativemost drunkenly

Origin of drunkenly

From drunken + -ly.

Questions about drunkenly

What does drunkenly mean?
Drunkenly means in a drunken manner.
What part of speech is drunkenly?
Drunkenly is an adverb.

Words near drunkenly in the dictionary

  1. drunken trees
  2. drunken words are sober thoughts
  3. drunkendom
  4. drunkened
  5. drunkening
  6. drunkenly
  7. drunkenness
  8. drunkennesse
  9. drunkennesses
  10. drunkens
  11. drunkenship

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