adrift
/əˈdɹɪft/ adverb C1- In 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.
- In an unattached or unfastened condition; apart, loose, off.
- Chiefly followed by of: in a position or having a score behind that of another competitor or an opponent.
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In an instant he was placed in the stern-sheets of the boat, between the gendarmes, while the officer stationed himself at the bow; a shove sent the boat adrift, and four sturdy oarsmen impelled it rapidly towards the Pilon.
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