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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Teachers had to abandon ship so quickly that in some cases, half-drunk cups of tea sat on their desks for months.
From BBC • Aug. 30, 2024
The maskless mayor was photographed seated at a table with friends, who also were not wearing face coverings, amid a bevy of half-drunk beverages, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2021
She was in the lounge room of the spa at the Mandarin Oriental, New York, wearing a towel wrapped around her head and a terry robe, a half-drunk mimosa in one hand.
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2015
"The ice on her half-drunk glass of tea grows thicker."
From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2011
He could tell from the fire and from the half-drunk cup of wine beside it that Loki had been there only moments before he arrived.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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