adv. [f. as prec. + -LY2.] In a tipsy manner; unsteadily as from intoxication.

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1818.  Keats, Endym., IV. 217. Near him rode Silenus on his ass, Pelted with flowers as he on did pass, Tipsily quaffing.

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1824.  in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1825), 203. Tom Moore to Lord Lansdown is tipsily speeching.

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1864.  Lowell, Fireside Trav., 89. Knocked down by a tipsily-driven sleigh.

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