drifty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of drifty
Example Sentences
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Throughout, hazy hand-held camerawork and a synth-heavy score encourage a drifty, lyrical mood.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
November also created the music, most notable for rich drumming passages, and designed the pleasantly drifty costumes in earth tones.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2022
Who this man is and how he relates to the other characters in this drifty ’60s Hong Kong roundelay is a mystery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
Most of the record, particularly its drifty, despondent back half, discards the conventional rhythms of dance music, relying instead on a chromatic, arrhythmic synth-pop haze.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 18, 2019
I was a little too drifty in school so she thought it was a good idea that I read more books, and she knew I liked history and adventure stories.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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