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вдрызг

rare #21361
noununcountable
  • 1.

    completely, utterly, dead (drunk)

    Он верну́лся домой вдрызг пья́ный.

    He came home dead drunk.

    Colloquial; most often in the phrase вдрызг пьяный 'dead drunk'.

  • 2.

    (rareto pieces, to bits, to smithereens

    Стака́н разби́лся вдрызг.

    The glass shattered to pieces.

    Colloquial; of something breaking.

Usage info

NOTE: incorrectly classified as here as a noun. In fact it's an adverb. It's used as an intensifier to indicate total destruction or loss of integrity, with either negative or humorous connotation.

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  • Iron edited translation 2 weeks ago.
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  • Lucian edited word type 6 years ago.