deliriously
1
7.5
- adverb
- /dɪˈlɪrɪəsli/
- Specialized
:
delirantemente
- Empty champagne bottles roll against the bulkheads; the party is deliriously drunk and singing out of tune.
Examples
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I rushed into the sitting room and made to bound up the stairs when I heard, as from a great distance, Elsie deliriously screaming my name...
Academic text (2017) -
No longer could one return to oneself in the perspective of a few black, pacifying hours, a period of refreshment when one could wander blindly, deliriously groping one's way, without being forced to see anything.
Academic text (2015) -
People in Boston and Cambridge are roving in packs through the streets, screaming deliriously.
Blog text (13) -
At age 40, Poe was found deliriously wandering the Baltimore streets wearing someone else's clothes, and soon died of causes lost to history.
Blog text (17) -
By the time he gets down to his Little League baseball uniform, he's deliriously tired—too tired to go on—so he curls up on the carpet as is.
Fiction book (2000) -
While I am not loudly and deliriously happy, being too sick and stoned to exert so much energy from my cocoon in the back seat behind Khaled, I feel strangely at peace and not just because of the brandy and the hashish.
Blog text (3) -
The children raced around the park, laughing and playing deliriously in the warm sunshine.
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After winning the championship, the fans celebrated deliriously, chanting their team's name all night.
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He was deliriously happy after receiving the news of his promotion, unable to contain his excitement.
Synonyms
12
4.7
In a wild and foolish way
7
5.0
In a way that shows a person is not steady after drinking too much alcohol
1
6.0
In a way that makes you feel unsteady and confused from high speed, great height and sudden large change
1
8.9
In a wild way as if not thinking clearly
1
7.1
As if confused and not fully aware
1
9.3
In a way that shows serious mental illness
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Etymology
Deliriously comes from Latin parts de- 'off' and lira 'furrow', and it is the same root as delirium, which meant a mind 'off the path'. That's why deliriously can mean 'confused and out of control', as if your thoughts are wandering.