Antonyms for adrift

Grammar : Adv

Spell : uh-drift

Phonetic Transcription : əˈdrɪft

Definition of adrift

Origin : 1620s, from a- (1) "on" + drift. Figurative use by 1680s.

adv floating out of control
adv without purpose
adv off course

Example sentences :

But we were afraid to lose sight of the bridge, lest we should get all adrift.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

"I think if I were up there I'd cut us adrift," said Stanley grimly.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

Then she introduced her daughter to Drake and sent them adrift through the rooms.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

We'd be adrift and out of sight of land if Mary-'Gusta went away.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Have a civil tongue, then, and don't provoke me to turn you adrift on the world.
Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever

"It would have been fairer to have cast me adrift at first," said he, fiercely.
Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever

Give the whelp a couple of half-crowns, Halkett, and send him adrift.
Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever

And when she had cast it adrift, she flung herself into the sea; and so died.
Extract from : « Told by the Northmen: » by E. M. [Ethel Mary] Wilmot-Buxton

The thing is, who did it belong to when we—when it got adrift?
Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed

Everything will be adrift, and you would be crushed to death, to a certainty.
Extract from : « A Final Reckoning » by G. A. Henty

Synonyms for adrift

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