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alcoholic
(redirected from alcoholically)

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al·co·hol·ic  (lk-hôlk, -hlk)
adj.
1. Related to or resulting from alcohol.
2. Containing or preserved in alcohol.
3. Suffering from alcoholism.
n.
A person who drinks alcoholic substances habitually and to excess or who suffers from alcoholism.

al·co·holi·cal·ly adv.

alcoholic
Noun
a person who is addicted to alcohol
Adjective
of or relating to alcohol
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.alcoholicalcoholic - a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
drunk, drunkard, inebriate, rummy, sot, wino - a chronic drinker
Adj.1.alcoholic - characteristic of or containing alcohol; "alcoholic drinks"
nonalcoholic - characterized by the absence of alcohol; "nonalcoholic beverages"
2.alcoholicalcoholic - addicted to alcohol; "alcoholic expatriates in Paris"- Carl Van Doren
addicted - compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming; "she is addicted to chocolate"; "addicted to cocaine"

alcoholic
noun 1. drunkard, drinker, drunk, boozer (informal) toper, soak (slang) lush (slang) sponge (informal) carouser, sot, tippler, wino (informal) inebriate, dipsomaniac, hard drinker, tosspot (informal) alky (slang) alko or alco Austral. (slang)
Translations
Spanish alcoholic [ælkəˈhɔlɪk] adj, nalcohólico/a m/f
French alcoholic [ælkəˈhɔlɪk] alcohol adj, nalcoolique (m/f)
German alcoholic [ælkəˈhɔlɪk] alcohol adjalkoholisch
nAlkoholiker(in) m(f)

Italian alcoholic [ælkəˈhɔlɪk] adjalcolico/a
nalcolizzato/a

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Some of us landed on skid row, and some of us occupied the presidential suite, but we all drank alcoholically, and many of us abused other drugs.
They realize that the way they drink is not normal but that they drink alcoholically and that they must abstain from drinking.
 
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