Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a sleepy manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a sleepy manner; drowsily.
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- adverb In a
sleepy manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a sleepy manner
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Examples
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A long stone table dominates the center of this chamber, and bits of gold wink sleepily from the dust that coats the floor.
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Several of the 24-hour locksmiths he called sleepily said they no longer offered round-the-clock services.
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"Paul Antoine, it's for you," she called sleepily up the stairwell, with a touch of grumpy on the side.
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"Paul Antoine, it's for you," she called sleepily up the stairwell, with a touch of grumpy on the side.
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Several of the 24-hour locksmiths he called sleepily said they no longer offered round-the-clock services.
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Nirvana of non-existence, and he called sleepily, "What is it?"
Caste William Alexander Fraser 1896
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"Abe," she called sleepily, "know what I've been thinking?
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He lifted his head in response to his name and sleepily blinked his amber eyes.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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He lifted his head in response to his name and sleepily blinked his amber eyes.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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He lifted his head in response to his name and sleepily blinked his amber eyes.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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