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- adverb In a
dozy manner.
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Examples
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Samba had only himself to blame, after dozily conceding possession to the Sunderland player on the edge of his own area and over-hastily trying to correct his own mistake.
Sunderland fail to take advantage of Blackburn Rovers' 10 men Paul Wilson at Ewood Park 2010
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“Right then,” said Aberforth when the had eaten their fill and Harry and Ron sat slumped dozily in their chairs.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007
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She shook her head, unable to answer, just as a large fat bumble bee flew dozily towards her.
A Cure For Love Jordan, Penny 1991
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There were no dogs to bark, no stones to strip a man, no rain to soak powder, and the enemy performed as dozily as Vivar could wish; on paper.
Sharpe's Rifles Cornwell, Bernard 1988
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"What time is it, and where are you going, dear?" she asked, dozily wondering if the carriage for the wedding-tour was at the door so soon.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various
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Why can't we just go to the theatre when we feel like it and sit more or less dozily, or just as we like.
The Theatre 1935
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Some of his movements were suggestive of the awkward manner in which an owl in a cage plumes itself when it is conscious that it is being watched, though it itself hardly sees anything with its huge, yellow, timorously and dozily blinking eyes.
A Nobleman's Nest Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850
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Turning aside to the right while she thus spoke, Lily descended a gradual slope to the margin of the stream, on which they found an old man dozily reclined in his ferry-boat.
Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Turning aside to the right while she thus spoke, Lily descended a gradual slope to the margin of the stream, on which they found an old man dozily reclined in his ferry-boat.
Kenelm Chillingly — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The peacock perched dozily on the heavy balustrade; the blithe robin hopped busily along the sun-track on the lawn; in the distance the tinkling bells of the flock, the plaining low of some wandering heifer, while breaking the silence, seemed still to blend with the repose.
Lucretia — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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