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
Dead: some by their own hands; down and out many, drivelling sottishly of by-gone days; poor prospectors a few, dreaming of a new gold strike.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)
Having achieved his purpose, Racey smiled sottishly at Luke Tweezy.
From The Heart of the Range by White, William Patterson
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 Richardson, Samuel
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 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
