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DROWSILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drowsily mean?
• DROWSILY (adverb)
The adverb DROWSILY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DROWSILY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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