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winefully

UK/ˈwʌɪnfəli/

winefully adverb: while full of wine; drunkenly.

Adverb

winefully (comparative more winefully, superlative most winefully)

  1. While full of wine; drunkenly.
    • I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and strega and I explained, winefully, how we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things.1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 20

Forms of winefully

comparativemore winefully
superlativemost winefully

Origin of winefully

From wineful + -ly.

Questions about winefully

What does winefully mean?
Winefully means while full of wine; drunkenly.
What part of speech is winefully?
Winefully is an adverb.
How do you pronounce winefully?
Winefully is pronounced /ˈwʌɪnfəli/ (UK).

Words near winefully in the dictionary

  1. wined and dined
  2. wined up
  3. winedark
  4. winedrunk
  5. wineful
  6. winefully
  7. Winegar
  8. Winegardner
  9. Winegardners
  10. Winegars
  11. wineglass

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