staggery

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English

Etymology

From stagger +‎ -y.

Adjective

staggery (comparative more staggery, superlative most staggery)

  1. staggering
    a staggery walk
    • 2017, Bernard MacLaverty, novel, 'Midwinter Break', Chapter 5, at p.101:
      It was dark and he still felt a little staggery going down the hotel steps. He steadied himself on the handrail and immediately felt it sticky.
      "Ahhhhh shit." It had been painted black. He untacked his hand and looked at it. Blackened fingers and a huge black mark on his palm.

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