Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a drowsy manner; sleepily; heavily: as, he drowsily raised his head.
- Sluggishly; languidly; slothfully; lazily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a drowsy manner.
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- adverb In a
drowsy manner
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- adverb in a drowsy manner
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Examples
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As they float embraced, toward darkness, he calls drowsily, "Don't grieve too long, you there.
Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981
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By degrees, perhaps under the spell of some influence which stirs us when sleeping nature awakens once more to life, I lost myself in reverie, and recalled drowsily
Lorimer of the Northwest Harold Bindloss 1905
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"OK dad, I'll be right down," Jason drowsily muttered and pulled the blanket over his head.
Carleton Kendrick: Surprise Your Children, Make Some Memories Carleton Kendrick 2011
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After that, and in the course of it, I was aware, drowsily, that I was falling asleep, and that it was delicious sleep.
Chapter 11 2010
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"OK dad, I'll be right down," Jason drowsily muttered and pulled the blanket over his head.
Carleton Kendrick: Surprise Your Children, Make Some Memories Carleton Kendrick 2011
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He knew himself to be Dick Forrest, the master of broad acres, who had fallen asleep hours before after drowsily putting a match between the pages of “Road Town” and pressing off the electric reading lamp.
CHAPTER I 2010
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And as I lay there drowsily, my mind went back to the seven hundred unfortunates I had left waiting for services.
THE PEG 2010
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From time to time, drowsily, I stirred — please, my reader, don't miss that verb — I STIRRED.
Chapter 11 2010
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“Who are you, and ... where am I?” she asked drowsily.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Kuro’s Review Forum 2009
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And over the top rail a horse looked drowsily on, ever and anon, at mathematically precise intervals, switching a lazy tail that flashed high lights in the sunshine.
CHAPTER XVII 2010
yarb commented on the word drowsily
Sleeping through
most of the morning's 2nd Year Pharmacy,
he emerged drowsily, heard, as in a dream,
'...Huntington's Chorea. Though, when calmer, she
exhibited no more symptoms than extreme
involuntary twitching...'
- Peter Reading, A Recollection, from Diplopic, 1983
June 30, 2008