sottish
adjective
stupefied with or as if with drink; drunken.
sottishly
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a word derived from
sottish.
Example Sentences
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Less gallant spectators munched hot frankfurters or stretched themselves at length and snored sottishly till wakened by the shouts that meant a sprint, a jam or a tumble.
From Time Magazine Archive
So absurdly wise some, and so sottishly foolish others; and both sometime in the same person.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Samuel Richardson
Thus sottishly they live till they have no money left.
From The Pirates of Panama or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main by George Alfred Williams
Having achieved his purpose, Racey smiled sottishly at Luke Tweezy.
From The Heart of the Range by William Patterson White
With him Alexander was the veritable demigod whom he sottishly decreed that his subjects should see in him.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
