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winefully

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English

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Etymology

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From wineful +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwʌɪnfəli/
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Adverb

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winefully (comparative more winefully, superlative most winefully)

  1. While full of wine; drunkenly.
    • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 20:
      I had drunk much wine and afterward coffee and strega and I explained, winefully, how we did not do the things we wanted to do; we never did such things.