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beerily

beerily

English

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.