adjective
- Aimlessly drifting.
- synonyms: afloat, aimless, directionless, planless, rudderless, undirected
- Afloat on the surface of a body of water.
- usage: "after the storm the boats were adrift"
adverb
- Floating freely; not anchored.
- usage: "the boat wasset adrift"
- Off course, wandering aimlessly.
- usage: "there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift"
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