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Definition of Sleepily
1. Adverb. In a sleepy manner. "The two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car"
Definition of Sleepily
1. adv. In a sleepy manner; drowsily.
Definition of Sleepily
1. Adverb. In a sleepy manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sleepily
1. sleepy [adv] - See also: sleepy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleepily
Literary usage of Sleepily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... The schooner near by sleepily dropping down the tide, the little boat slack-tow'd
astern, • The hurrying tumbling waves, quick-broken crests, slapping, ..."
2. In Cloisters Dim by Charles Curtz Hahn (1900)
""Now I lay me down to sleep," sleepily the baby said. Nearer yet the blue eyes
close— Lower sinks the curly head. "Now I lay me down to sleep. ..."
3. A political diary, 1828-1830, ed. by lord Colchester. 2 cols by Edward Law, Edward Law Ellenborough, Reginald Charles Edward Abbot Colchester (1881)
"Lord Mansfield spoke, sleepily and ill-naturedly. I was exhausted, and could not
have answered him, had he said anything worth answering. ..."
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