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BEERY (beerier, beeriest)
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Irregular inflected forms: beerier , beeriest
, beeriest Dictionary entry overview: What does beery mean?
• BEERY (adjective)
The adjective BEERY has 1 sense:
1. smelling of beer
Familiarity information: BEERY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Comparative: beerier
Superlative: beeriest
Superlative: beeriest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smelling of beer
Similar:
drunk; gone; inebriated; intoxicated; ripped (stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol))
Derivation:
beer (a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops)
Context examples
At last, in my despair, I saw a little door in the roof, and on poking it open, a red eye appeared, and a beery voice said...
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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