"drunkish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: drunk + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drunk|ish}} drunk + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} drunkish (not comparable)
  1. Somewhat drunk. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: buzzed, tipsy, drunk
    Sense id: en-drunkish-en-adj-uzf-mu7p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish

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          "text": "[…] every evening he comes precisely at a certain hour to drink beer, seasoned with a little tobacco, and the company of these two women. Drinks diligently in a sipping way, says Horace; and smokes, with such dull speech as there may be,—not till he is drunk, but only perceptibly drunkish; raised into a kind of cloudy narcotic Olympus, and opaquely superior to the ills of life; in which state he walks uncomplainingly to bed.",
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