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Recent Examples of tipsy Candles are lit, music is playing, and J. and I are tipsy and happy. R29 Team, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2024 JoJo Siwa rang in her 21st birthday with a tipsy day at Disney. Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024 The tipsy banter was probably more suited for a midnight set in the Belly Room of the Comedy Store. Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024 The beer was flowing, the bratwurst were sizzling and the brass band at the village May Day festival led the crowd in ever tipsier renditions of the local drinking song. Erika Solomon, New York Times, 28 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for tipsy 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipsy
Adjective
  • When these interact with hot water, they can get released into the tea and end up being drunk.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Fruit flies sing, get drunk and can be kept awake with caffeine, suggesting even more similarities between their brains and ours.
    Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Elsewhere in Cher's memoir, the singer recalls her relationship with Gene Simmons, taking a drunken John Lennon to the Playboy Mansion and her first impression of Dolly Parton, among other anecdotes.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
  • There are absolutely no alterations in the story line of Born Yesterday, which is the account of Harry Brock, who climbs to the top of the junk business and proposes now to form an international cartel with the help of his drunken lawyer and a crooked congressman.
    THR Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Pommery blends these wines to be enjoyed with food—this one would be amazing with something as fine as lobster in cream sauce or as casual as fried chicken.
    Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • However, how much room there is for fried chicken in the Arizona market remains to be seen.
    Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2024

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“Tipsy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipsy. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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