half-drunk

adjective

1. partially intoxicated with alcohol

Example Sentences

It was reminiscent of the old days of backroom politics and half-drunk reporters swaying against their typewriters.

From The Daily Beast

Half-drunk and short on sleep, I asked what she meant, and she said, “Just wait and see.”

From The Daily Beast

The fact is, Jenny, when Tom Yates gets half drunk he develops sagacity more than human.

From Project Gutenberg

From there I went to the billiard-room, and observed a young man of fashion trying to play billiards when he was half drunk.

From Project Gutenberg

But I was more than half drunk wid pure joy, an' that canteen beer was so much whisky to me.

From Project Gutenberg

Waziri, half drunk with the elegance of it all, fell to like any other adolescent boy, and was soon grease to the armpits.

From Project Gutenberg

Public-houses are the best stands, for men half drunk are always musically inclined.

From Project Gutenberg