squiffy

comparative squiffier · superlative squiffiest

1. CommonwealthIrelandUKinformalslightly drunk or intoxicated; tipsy

   In the Palace bar. I'd been there an hour or so with two or three other chaps. I was a bit squiffy.

   1992, J. B. Priestley, An Inspector Calls, Heinemann, →ISBN, page 51

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   His champagne glass was constantly refilled by the man who might or might not have been a butler, so that by the time they actually sat down to play, Ramsay was decidedly squiffy.

   2022, Kate Atkinson, Shrines of Gaiety

   Synonyms: buzzed

2. CommonwealthIrelandUKinformalCrooked, askew; awry

   The graphics make your eyes go squiffy.

   2005, Catherine Soanes, Angus Stevenson, editors, The Oxford Dictionary of English (revised edition), Oxford University Press

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   To this day I cannot and will not wear a tie properly. On the one or two occasions I have worn them since I left school, I've worn them squiffy, on purpose.

   2004, Jude Rawlins, Cul De Sac: Lyrics, Prose & Poems 1987-2004, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 11

   Synonyms: cattywampus