Nundina › Discover calendars › Word of the Day calendar › 📖 adrift (adv)📖 adrift (adv)15 September 2026In or into a drifting condition; moved (especially on water by waves and wind) without being propelled or steered. - Not in the expected or usual place or position; awry; also, not following the expected or usual course; astray, off course. - (originally, nautical) In an unattached or unfastened condition; apart, loose, off. - (originally, and, chiefly, UK, sports, informal) Chiefly followed by of: in a position or having a score behind that of another competitor or an opponent. adrift adj - Drifting (especially on water) without being propelled or steered. - Of a person or group of people...Word of the Day calendarMore from this calendar