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DROWSILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drowsily mean? 

DROWSILY (adverb)
  The adverb DROWSILY has 1 sense:

1. in a drowsy mannerplay

  Familiarity information: DROWSILY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DROWSILY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In a drowsy manner

Synonyms:

drowsily; somnolently

Context example:

'Time to get up,' she said drowsily

Pertainym:

drowsy (showing lack of attention or boredom)


 Context examples 


She aroused, smiled drowsily, and was off to sleep again; and asleep I left her, under a heavy pair of sailor’s blankets, her head resting on a pillow I had appropriated from Wolf Larsen’s bunk.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)



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