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tipsy

adjective as in mildly inebriated

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Example Sentences

A rush of water spills from above, but not from the bottle of an absent-minded commuter or tipsy traveler.

The Schiaparelli Spring/Summer 2014 collection can be seen as something of a tipsy take on couture.

As soon as those words leave my mouth, I turn around and am staring at a tipsy-looking Fassbender.

Harry, clearly a little tipsy, was photographed dancing in the street.

You might only get tipsy, but how much fun would it be if any of this actually happened?

His thoughts ran on things past; he had spoken unkindly of Sally, behind her back; he had been tipsy—Ah!

Says one of the characters, referring to the importunities of a tipsy vagrant, “Give him half-a-crown!”

He led to a little low public-house, whence tipsy songs were booming, and tapped at a side door three times.

Everybody wears blue ribbon here, but I don't, because I don't want to get tipsy anyhow.

Not very, the witness replied, not so tipsy but that she could walk and talk, but she had had quite enough.

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On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tipsy, such as: addled, dazed, intoxicated, unsteady, woozy, and drunk.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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