adj. 25B6; adjective
their empty boat was spotted adrift : DRIFTING, unmoored, unanchored.
(Brit. informal) the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift : LOOSE, free; detached, unsecured, unfastened, untied, unknotted, undone.
he was adrift in a strange country : LOST, off course; disorientated, disoriented, confused, (all) at sea; drifting, rootless, unsettled, directionless, aimless, purposeless, without purpose.
(Brit. informal) his instincts were not entirely adrift. : See wrong adjective sense 1.