dizzily
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3.2
- adverb
- /ˈdɪzɪli/
:
mareado
- When he lets her go, she stumbles dizzily onto the bed.
- spun dizzily
- swayed dizzily
- stumbled dizzily
He enjoys playing games, and some of these, he says I run like a charging ram through the halls of stone until I tumble dizzily to the ground.
- He enjoys playing games, and some of these, he says I run like a charging ram through the halls of stone until I tumble dizzily to the ground.
Examples
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I leaned my head dizzily back against the headrest.
Fiction book (1998) -
His head swam dizzily as the oxygen returned.
Fiction book (1999) -
Slowly and dizzily, Carl gets up.
Fiction book (1990) -
Cara pulled herself dizzily forward.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tate kept on his same direction, a little dizzily.
Fiction book (1995) -
On her feet now, she reeled dizzily, then groped her way to the bathroom.
Fiction book (2000) -
St. Ed's mind spun dizzily with numbers.
Fiction book (1993) -
The world spun dizzily, and Solomon clutched at the doors to keep from falling.
Fiction book (1994) -
Bobbing and twisting like a canoe in torrential rapids, the craft plunged dizzily, seemingly out of control.
Fiction book (1992) -
After spinning around in circles, she felt dizzily disoriented and had to sit down.
Synonyms
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6.1
In a way that shows silly excitement and feeling dizzy
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7.3
In a way that feels dizzy and unsteady
In a dizzy, unsteady way as if about to faint
Antonyms
How Dizzy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word dizzily comes from the shorter word dizzy, which long ago meant 'foolish' and later came to mean 'confused' or 'light-headed'. So, to act dizzily is to move or feel in a way that seems like your head is 'spinning' and you are not steady.