Adjective, : a tipsy lurch. From Dictionary.com.
They watched Hagrid meander tipsily up to the castle. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]
The men had scrambled tipsily after the girl and clutched her. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness] Reference
I pointed to where a scattering of family pictures hung tipsily. From Wordnik.com. [Working Murder]
The door was half off the hinges and tilted tipsily on the frame. From Wordnik.com. [My Seduction] Reference
Sulla rolled off the couch and stood looking at him a little tipsily. From Wordnik.com. [Fortune's Favorites]
From the bathroom, she tipsily called an old Vassar classmate to gush. From Wordnik.com. [Countdown to Bliss] Reference
Leonie was swaying tipsily in the breeze, and Nelson glared at Nicky as we emerged. From Wordnik.com. [The Little Lady Agency and the Prince] Reference
Who would you rather see tipsily amused on stage receiving this one: Javier or Dustin?. From Wordnik.com. [Who Will Be Drunkest At Sunday's Golden Globes?: John Lopez] Reference
Then, smiling tipsily to herself, and rubbing her nipples till sparks shot out, she left. From Wordnik.com. [ana-ng Diary Entry] Reference
Some, half buried, protruded tipsily from the soil like the relics of a disorderly graveyard. From Wordnik.com. [She Closed Her Eyes] Reference
The King stood up in the gilded chariot, laughing wild-eyed, and swaying tipsily as it bounded on. From Wordnik.com. [The King Must Die]
Staggering tipsily backwards, the Saxons ran at him, but his servants came up and slaughtered them. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
All gloriously unsupervised, bringing out the best in Londoners in a tipsily abandoned togetherness. From Wordnik.com. [Why the Notting Hill Carnival isn't what it was] Reference
At first she wanted to cry, then she grew indignant as he came tipsily toward her and sat down by her side. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
He clung tipsily to her, flecks of spittle on his beard, crying that he was the Wazir, they wouldn't dare. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman And The Mountain Of Light]
I see my younger self meandering tipsily homewards in the early hours, blissfully unaware of the existence of Guy Georges. From Wordnik.com. [roquette] Reference
So half-past eight found her stepping daintily and a little tipsily in her high-heeled slippers over the road, after the last stragglers. From Wordnik.com. [Green Valley] Reference
To be tipsily boisterous, deoauchcd and wantonly destructive. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II] Reference
'Hech, Patey M'Briar, is this you?' said he, a trifle tipsily. From Wordnik.com. [Lay Morals] Reference
Another tried to accompany the piano, tipsily, with a harmonica. From Wordnik.com. [latimes.com - News] Reference
I thought this a great game, and I, too, began to stagger tipsily. From Wordnik.com. [John Barleycorn] Reference
He is raving, Razumihin cried tipsily, or how would he dare!. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter I. Part III] Reference
"The others are searching the village," growled the Hunchback tipsily. From Wordnik.com. [John of the Woods] Reference
The same old map of North America hung tipsily between the blackboards. From Wordnik.com. [Purple Springs] Reference
Pippin Larue chanted tipsily, as he strummed softly the strings of a muffled banjo. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold Girl] Reference
Paint staggered tipsily hand in hand down the center of the street, bound for the hotel. From Wordnik.com. [The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution] Reference
He rose, tipsily fumbling a knife, and snarling like a cur at sight of a strange mastiff. From Wordnik.com. [The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages] Reference
"I come for sauna and massage and watch the hot-ass men walk by," she says, swaying tipsily. From Wordnik.com. [Metro Times] Reference
Leaning tipsily over towards his friend, his face flushed, his eyes sparkling, he hiccoughed. From Wordnik.com. [Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst] Reference
The unique vehicle that carried our party back to the hotel rocked and tumbled tipsily along. From Wordnik.com. [Social life in old New Orleans : being recollections of my girlhood,] Reference
It's then that my French flatmate tells me rather tipsily about the harvest of the past year. From Wordnik.com. [cafebabel.com] Reference
‘Hech, Patey M’Briar, is this you?’ said he, a trifle tipsily. From Wordnik.com. [Lay Morals] Reference
“He is raving,” Razumihin cried tipsily, “or how would he dare!. From Wordnik.com. [Crime and Punishment] Reference
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