woozily
1
7.3
- adverb
- /ˈwuːzɪli/
- 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
5
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
1
7.5
With an unsteady, unsure voice or movement that shows doubt
1
8.9
With sudden, unsteady movements that make you lose balance
In a dizzy, unsteady way as if about to faint
In a confused and foggy way that makes it hard to think
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.