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adrift

ad·rift

UK/əˈdɹɪft/ US/ʌˈdrɪft/ uncommon uk
adverb (1) adjective (2)

adverb

1.

off course

  • “there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift”

adjective

1.
2.

afloat on the surface of a body of water

  • “after the storm the boats were adrift”
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Origin

From a- + drift.

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