woozily
1
7.3
- adverb
- /ˈwuːzɪli/
:
mareado
- She felt woozily disoriented after waking up from her nap.
- said woozily
Examples
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After spinning around too many times, he walked woozily across the room.
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"Okay," Miranda said woozily.
Fiction book (1990) -
Bastable woozily tried to rise.
Fiction book (1990) -
Ed awakens and woozily answers it.
Fiction book (1994) -
The announcement nudged Fred woozily awake.
Fiction book (1994) -
He is getting to his feet, but sways woozily.
Fiction book (1998) -
He's walking woozily.
Fiction book (1998) -
Dil smiles woozily.
Fiction book (1992) -
But I had an anthropological curiosity about Peter's world, and so I went, woozily, into the bush to Aunt Helen's house.
Fiction book (2000) -
He stands woozily; he begins to unbuckle the Kevlar protective vest he wears.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
7
3.9
In a way that is not steady or balanced
2
6.1
In a way that shows silly excitement and feeling dizzy
1
3.2
In a way that makes you feel unsteady and as if the room is turning
1
5.2
With sudden, uneven movements that are not smooth
1
7.1
As if confused and not fully aware
1
7.0
Move or speak in an awkward, unsteady way as if about to fall
In a dizzy, unsteady way as if about to faint
In a confused and foggy way that makes it hard to think
With an unsteady, unsure voice or movement that shows doubt
With sudden, unsteady movements that make you lose balance
Antonyms
How Dizzy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word woozily comes from the describing word woozy plus the ending -ly, and woozy means 'dizzy' or 'unsteady'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of woozy like wobble — both give the image of being shaky or confused, so doing something woozily means doing it in a dizzy, unsteady way.