Sleepily

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a sleepy manner.

    "Igins was studying the habits of a capuchin caterpillar, that, like his betters, was sleepily eating his way through existence on the leaf of a cabbage in the garden […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a sleepy manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
eepily

Example

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"Igins was studying the habits of a capuchin caterpillar, that, like his betters, was sleepily eating his way through existence on the leaf of a cabbage in the garden […]"

Etymology

From sleepy + -ly.

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