beery

American  

[beer-ee] / ˈbɪər i /

adjective

beerier, beeriest

1. of, like, or abounding in beer.

   a stale, beery smell.

2. affected by or suggestive of beer.

   beery exuberance; beery breath.

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beery British  

/ ˈbɪərɪ /

adjective

1. smelling or tasting of beer

2. given to drinking beer

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Other Word Forms

• beerily adverb
• beeriness noun

Etymology

Origin of beery

First recorded in 1840–50; beer + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Just off Australia’s largest container port lies a sickle-shaped neighborhood with a scent so distinctive that passing taxi drivers will sometimes roll down their windows for a whiff of the rich and unmistakably beery aroma.

From New York Times

Bitterness in the right place, with a full beery back.

From Washington Post

Having a higher seed come 2,094 miles from home to face a lower seed 249 miles from home can seem raffish and beery.

From Washington Post

Even the humble, beery gathering to watch the game at home is deemed ill advised.

From New York Times

The blasts shattered the beery euphoria of Oktoberfest and left many on Sunday wondering what caused them.

From Los Angeles Times