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Meanings of tipsy in English

Slightly intoxicated.

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Usage of tipsy in English
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Within minutes the place was a smoke-filled den of tipsy Sherlock Holmses.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
2
The shoemaker in tipsy silence was the only one who followed him.
The Shadow of the Cathedral
3
They paid her tipsy compliments; they leered at her over the dinner-table.
Vanity Fair
4
It was late at night in the UK, and she was tipsy.
The Guardian
5
She recognised her as one of the children with the tipsy father.
Bluebell / A Novel
6
But she was still tipsy enough to admire Thayer without feeling self-conscious.
Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
7
A thirtysomething couple arrive, looking prim and professional and only faintly tipsy.
The Guardian
8
She was also feeling tipsy-definitelyno more cups of barma for her.
The Shelters of Stone
9
When Tryon drew near, she tendered him the bottle with tipsy cordiality.
The House Behind the Cedars
10
Lewes, who had become a little tipsy, was clearly in Charlotte's camp.
Romancing miss bronte: a novel
11
He was so tipsy that he thought they were fooling with him.
The Mystery of Orcival
12
Presently the door opened, and Khlopov entered, rather tipsy, hopping and jigging.
In Those Days: The Story of an Old Man
13
I was conscious of illusion creating symptoms, tipsy with excess of sunshine.
My Tropic Isle
14
Michael Hurst and a companion drew near: not tipsy, but not sober.
Half a Life-Time Ago
15
The two stamped their feet, holding close together, like two tipsy comrades.
The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
16
But before he was tipsy, he became more impudent and more disagreeable.
Doctor Thorne
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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