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dizzily

dizzily

1 3.2
In a way that makes you feel unsteady and as if the room is turning
  • adverb
  • /ˈdɪzɪli/
translation icon : 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.

Examples

  • 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

giddily
vsdizzily
2 6.1

In a way that shows silly excitement and feeling dizzy

describes physical unsteadiness without the playful emotional tone
woozily
vsdizzily
1 7.3

In a way that feels dizzy and unsteady

is mainly about physical spinning or loss of balance
light-headedly
vsdizzily
6.9

In a dizzy, unsteady way as if about to faint

is more about spinning sensations rather than faintness

Antonyms

129 2.1

In a regular way without stopping

How Dizzy

woozily
1 7.3
dizzily
1 3.2
giddily
2 6.1
unsteadily
7 3.9

Surface Forms

dizzily positive

Morphology

dizzily = dizzy (transparent) = dizzy + ly

Clear adverbial formation from the adjective 'dizzy' using the productive suffix '-ly'; the meaning as a manner adverb is directly derived (orthographic y->i change does not affect transparency).

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.