heady
adjective
intoxicating.
headily
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a word derived from
heady.
Example Sentences
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In the headily abstract terms by which he functioned, his career can be defined as just that.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
Each day’s entry in Julavits’s exquisite diary pitches recklessly and headily into the essay it will become, a meditation on desire, perhaps, or ghosts, or time.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2015
It’s the couples holding hands and blocking the thoroughfare, headily caught up in the glow of their own romance.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2015
Set in the early 20th century, the production is a headily, effectively Freudian take on the piece.
From New York Times ● Aug. 7, 2015
“Why are you so silent?” he murmured headily, after an interval.
From The Wayfarers by Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting
