Sleepily
['sliːpɪlɪ] or ['slipɪli]
Definition
(adv.) in a sleepy manner; 'the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car'.
Typist: Ted--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a sleepy manner; drowsily.
Typed by Ethan
Examples
- When his assumed name had been repeated several times, Noah rubbed his eyes, and, giving a heavy yawn, looked sleepily about him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In town the earliest risers were just beginning to look sleepily from their windows as we drove through the streets of the Surrey side. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She was afraid lest she should even become sleepily deadened into forgetfulness of anything beyond the life which was lapping her round with luxury. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- You'll sleep with--, Piani said sleepily. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Typed by Ethan