# drunkenly

/dɹˈʌŋkənli/ (UK) · CEFR B2 · Adverb

Source: https://englishreference.com/word/drunkenly
Updated: 2026-10-16

## Definition

in a way that shows you have drunk too much alcohol, so you cannot walk or talk normally.

For teachers: while intoxicated by alcohol, with impaired coordination, unsteady movement, or slurred speech.

## Examples

- He walks drunkenly across the room to his bed.
- After the wedding party, he sings drunkenly along to the music while his friends laugh and guide him home.
- She recounts the evening drunkenly, her story looping back on itself as details blur and sharpen in uneven succession.

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