beerily

English

Etymology

beery +‎ -ly

Adverb

beerily (comparative more beerily, superlative most beerily)

  1. (informal) in a beery manner; while smelling of, or under the influence of, beer
    • 1876, Richard Whiteing, The Democracy:
      The politically ambitious and the beerily dissolute artisan of whom you read in the newspapers by no means constitute all the odder varieties of the species.
    • 1915, Sax Rohmer, The Yellow Claw:
      Hamper bent to Dunbar and whispered, beerily, in his ear . . .
    • 1988, Dan W Smith, Silver Spoon Murders:
      He belched beerily. Well, eating would have to wait.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.