Definition of Dreamy
1. Adjective. Dreamy in mood or nature. "A woolgathering moment"
Similar to: Inattentive
Derivative terms: Dream, Dream, Dreaminess
2. Adjective. Lacking spirit or liveliness. "A hot languorous afternoon"
Similar to: Lethargic, Unenrgetic
Derivative terms: Dreaminess, Languor
Definition of Dreamy
1. a. Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary.
Definition of Dreamy
1. Adjective. As in a dream; resembling a dream. ¹
2. Adjective. (colloquial) sexy; handsome; attractive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dreamy
1. full of dreams [adj DREAMIER, DREAMIEST] : DREAMILY [adv]
Medical Definition of Dreamy
1. Abounding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. "The dreamy dells." Origin: Dreamier; Dreamiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dreamy
Literary usage of Dreamy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1920)
"Dat you, dreamy? [She tries to reach out her hand and touch him.\ dreamy. ...
Don' yo' move one step out er yere or yo'll be sorry, dreamy. dreamy. ..."
2. The Gypsy Trail: An Anthology for Campers by Mary Hopkins, Pauline Dorothea Goldmark (1914)
"O dreamy, gloomy, friendly trees, I came along your narrow track To bring my
gifts unto your knees And gifts did you give back; For when I brought this ..."
3. Arbor Day, Its History, Observance, Spirit and Significance: Its History by Robert Haven Schauffler (1909)
"... O dreamy, GLOOMY, FRIENDLY TREES BY HERBERT TRENCH O dreamy, gloomy, friendly
Trees, I came along your narrow track To bring my gifts unto your knees, ..."
4. The Bookman (1903)
"Some of his verses at that period betray a dreamy melancholy resignation with
his lot. In most of them, however, are signs heralding the Ibsen of coming ..."
5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"It shelters Argus Gates, a retired sea-captain, a lover of solitude; his
sister-in-law Rox- alana, an ineffective, dreamy, silence- loving soul; ..."
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