half-drunk

American  

[haf-druhngk] / ˈhæfˈdrʌŋk /

adjective

1. partly inebriated; partly drunk with alcohol.

2. (of a drink or its container) partly consumed or emptied by drinking.

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half-drunk British  

adjective

1. partially intoxicated with alcohol

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Other Word Forms

• half-drunken adjective
• half-drunkenly adverb

Example Sentences

Other files were piled on the desks of intelligence officers who fled the compound days earlier, leaving behind guns, empty bottles of Scotch, extinguished cigarettes and half-drunk glasses of tea as rebels closed in on the capital on Dec. 8, 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It looked like they’d gone to lunch — half-drunk coffee cups still on the desks.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

Two half-drunk cups of tea, and a plate of bread and butter and crisps were found in the living-room - fuelling speculation that someone else had visited the house that evening.

From BBC

Teachers had to abandon ship so quickly that in some cases, half-drunk cups of tea sat on their desks for months.

From BBC