alcoholicallyadv.
/ˌalkəˈhɒlᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌælkəˈhɔlək(ə)li/, /ˌælkəˈhɑlək(ə)li/ By means of or using alcohol (ethanol); as regards alcohol. Also: in an intoxicated manner; under the influence of alcoholic drink.
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1841 J. Stubbin Tirosh Lo Yayin xli.125 Taking the word ‘strong’..to be applicable to..[wine] in the modern acceptation of alcoholically strong.
1873 Health Reformer 8 325/2 He treated patients alcoholically..during the first ten years of his practice.
1934 Sci. News Let. 15 Sept. 171/2 If the tadpole is kept alcoholically intoxicated too long, the nerves degenerate.
1969 Times 10 Mar. (Brewing Special Rep.) p. iv/2 Most men at some point in their lives have leant on a bar, gazed wistfully or alcoholically at the chap on the other side, and said: ‘Wish I had your job, chum.’
2008 J. O'Neill Netherland (2009) 39 We courted in the style preferred by the English: alcoholically. Our love started in drink at a party in South Kensington.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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