half-drunk
Americanadjective
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partly inebriated; partly drunk with alcohol.
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(of a drink or its container) partly consumed or emptied by drinking.
adjective
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A half-drunk cup of coffee was found sitting on the helm, and Kawahara’s oatmeal was left unfinished, as if the experienced fisherman suddenly disappeared in the middle of breakfast, said Heather Burns, a longtime friend.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2025
The next morning, an image of him sat alone in the stand, a half-drunk plastic cup next to him, was on the front page of the paper at which he worked.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2023
When I went to see him a few weeks after Regeni’s death, Nagy, a wiry chain-smoker, was perched behind a Louis XIV-style desk piled with papers and half-drunk cups of coffee.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2017
"The ice on her half-drunk glass of tea grows thicker."
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2011
By the time Jon Snow signed the parchment the Braavosi drew up, both of them were half-drunk and quite unhappy.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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