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STINKINGLY

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stink⋅ing

  [sting-king]
Use STINKINGLY in a Sentence
–adjective
1. foul-smelling.
2. Slang. very drunk; plastered.
3. Slang. very rich: His father left him so much money he's stinking.
4. contemptible; disgusting: a stinking shame.
–adverb
5. completely or extremely: stinking drunk.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME stinkinge, OE stincende. See stink, -ing 2

Related forms:
stink⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
stink⋅ing⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. smelly, putrid, rotten, putrescent, foul, miasmal, rank.
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stink·ing   (stĭng'kĭng)   
adj.  

  1. Having a foul smell; fetid.

  2. Slang Drunk; intoxicated.

adv.   Slang
Used as an intensive: stinking rich.
stink'ing·ly adv., stink'ing·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
stinking (drunk)

  1. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : He was really stinking.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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