tipsy
adjective
slightly intoxicated or drunk.
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
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The servants are growing tipsier downstairs, but the more afraid of the chief functionary every time he appears, frozen into sobriety by his glance.
From The Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay