staggery
Walking like drunk
Staggery describes an unsteady, wobbling quality in movement or gait, as if the person or animal might lose balance at any moment.
It characterizes the way someone walks after too much drink, during illness, or when exhausted.
The foal's staggery first steps gave way to confident strides within hours.
The word functions as an informal alternative to staggering when describing appearance rather than action.
Lacking balance or stability
- shakyTrembling or unstable
- wobblyTending to teeter
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
- unstableProne to sudden change
precarious · off-balance · rickety · swaying · reeling · lurching · faltering · wavering
Sensation of spinning
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
- vertiginousInducing a spinning sensation
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
- giddyDizzy or excitedly silly
faint · woozy · swimming · spinning · reeling · queasy · unsteady
Impaired by alcohol
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- tipsyMildly intoxicated
- woozyDizzy and confused
- befuddledMentally confused, disoriented
impaired · uncoordinated · bleary · plastered · hammered · sloshed · legless · three-sheets
unsteady
Lacking balance or stability
unstable · precarious · off-balance · rickety · swaying · reeling · lurching · faltering · wavering · teetering
dizzy
Sensation of spinning
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
- vertiginousInducing a spinning sensation
- disorientedLacking sense of direction
giddy · faint · woozy · swimming · spinning · reeling · queasy · unsteady
drunk
Impaired by alcohol
- inebriatedIntoxicated by alcohol
- tipsyMildly intoxicated
- woozyDizzy and confused
befuddled · impaired · uncoordinated · bleary · plastered · hammered · sloshed · legless · three-sheets
stumble
Lose footing momentarily
- lurchAbrupt unsteady movement
- totterMove unsteadily, nearly falling
- wobbleUnsteady side-to-side motion
teeter · falter · shuffle · sway · stumblebum · misstep · trip · flounder · reel · shamble
feeble
Weak and ineffective
- frailWeak and breakable
- debilitatedMade weak or infirm
- enervatedDepleted of vitality
exhausted · fatigued · infirm · languid · depleted · weakened · drained · spent · enfeebled · prostrate
- staggered startOffset initial positions
- staggered hoursVaried start and end times
- staggered stanceFeet placed front-to-back
- staggered formationNon-linear parallel positioning
stagger, staggering, staggered, staggers, staggeringly, unstaggered