sleepily
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1.0
- adverb
- /ˈsliːpɪli/
:
somnolientamente
- Seventeen years passed sleepily in the Shire.
- blinked sleepily
- smiled sleepily
- asked sleepily
Examples
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The light of the lamp by his bed goes on, and he sleepily opens his eyes.
Fiction book (1991) -
Arch and Julian shuffled sleepily out of their room and joined me.
Fiction book (1993) -
Turning off the lamp, I heard Lucy begin, hiccuping sleepily, to comfort herself.
Fiction book (1997) -
But Sonia and I walked out sleepily and collected our coins.
Fiction book (1994) -
Rosemary came awake and said sleepily, "Could you get me a drink of Evian water?"
Fiction book (1990) -
The grandchildren, Carrie and Mike, straggle sleepily into the kitchen and stay.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sonny takes the stuffed toy sleepily, pulls it into bed beside him.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sapphire's blue eyes blinked open sleepily and closed again as she decided Lindsay was no threat.
Fiction book (1995) -
When she entered the main room, Pota and Braddon were already there, blinking sleepily over steaming cups of coffee.
Fiction book (1992) -
He sleepily rubbed his eyes and stifled a yawn as he tried to wake up.
Synonyms
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3.0
In a tired way that shows little energy
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1.6
In a way that shows little energy
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2.4
In a sleepy, not fully awake way
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4.9
In a very tired way after a long effort
In a sleepy way, as if nearly asleep
In a sleepy, slow way as if just waking up
In a way that shows boredom or makes people tired
Antonyms
How Sleepy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sleepily comes from the simple word sleep and the adverb ending -ly, which means 'in the way of'. So, to do something sleepily is to do it in a tired or half-awake way.