drowsily


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drows·y

(drou′zē)
adj. drows·i·er, drows·i·est
1. Dull with sleepiness; sluggish.
2. Produced or characterized by sleepiness.
3. Inducing sleepiness; soporific.

drows′i·ly adv.
drows′i·ness n.
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Adv. 1. drowsily - in a drowsy manner; "`Time to get up,' she said drowsily"
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Translations
بِنُعاسٍ
ospale
døsigttræt
syfjulega
uykulu uykulu

drowsily

[ˈdraʊzɪli] adv (= sleepily) [smile, watch] → d'un air endormi ; [say, answer] → d'un ton endormi
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

drowsily

advschläfrig ; (after sleep) → verschlafen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

drowsily

[ˈdraʊzɪlɪ] advcon aria assonnata
she answered drowsily → rispose con voce assonnata
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

drowsy

(ˈdrauzi) adjective
sleepy. drowsy children. vaak نَعْسان، وَسْنان сънлив sonolento ospalý schlaftrunken træt νυσταγμένος somnoliento unine خواب آلود unelias somnolent מנומנם ऊंघता हुआ, नींद से भरा हुआ pospan álmos mengantuk syfjaður assonnato, sonnolento 眠い 졸린 mieguistas miegains mengantuk slaperig døsig, søvndyssende senny ويده حاله ensonado somnoros сонный ospalý zaspan pospan sömnig, dåsig เซื่องซึม uykulu 昏昏欲睡的 сонний نیم خوابیدہ nửa thức nửa ngủ 使人昏昏欲睡的
ˈdrowsily adverb
vakerig بِنُعاسٍ сънливо sonolentamente ospale schlaftrunken træt; døsigt; sløvt νυσταλέα con sueño, medio dormido, soporíferamente uniselt با خواب آلودی uneliaasti à demi endormi בְּנִמנוּם तंद्रातुला, उनींदापन pospano álmosan setengah tidur syfjulega in modo sonnolento, con aria sonnolenta 眠そうに 졸리게 mieguistai miegaini dalam keadaan mengantuk slaperig søvndyssende sennie په خوب وړى حالت كښۍ sonolentamente somnoros сонно ospanlivo zaspano pospano sömnigt, dåsigt ด้วยความงัวเงีย uykulu uykulu 昏昏欲睡地 в'яло; дрімотно غنودگی میں uể oải 昏昏欲睡地
ˈdrowsiness noun
vaakte نُعاس، نَعَس сънливост sonolência ospalost die Schläfrigkeit træthed; døsighed; sløvhed νύστα somnolencia unisus خواب آلودگی uneliaisuus somnolence הָרגָשַׁת נִמנוּם ऊंघ, सुस्ती pospanost álmosság kantuk syfja, (svefn)drungi sonnolenza 眠たさ 졸림 mieguistumas miegainums kengantukkan slaperigheid døsighet senność خوب وړى حالت sonolência somnolenţă сонливость ospalosť zaspanost pospanost dåsighet อาการครึ่งหลับครึ่งตื่น uyku sersemliği 睡意 в'ялість اونگھ ngủ lơ mơ 睡意
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Somewhere too SHE, the Golden One, the White Woman, was drowsily tossing the night-clothes from her limbs and rubbing her sleepy eyes.
Steals drowsily and musically Into the univeral valley.
It then becomes apparent that the woman has taken possession of this knife, for safety's sake; for, she too starting up, and restraining and expostulating with him, the knife is visible in her dress, not in his, when they drowsily drop back, side by side.
I still lay immovable, with closed eyes; drowsily waiting for the next sound that might reach my ears; drowsily content with the silence, if the silence continued.
She slept lightly at first, half awake and drowsily attentive to the things about her.
Linton looked at me, but did not answer; and, after keeping her seat by his side another ten minutes, during which his head fell drowsily on his breast, and he uttered nothing except suppressed moans of exhaustion or pain, Cathy began to seek solace in looking for bilberries, and sharing the produce of her researches with me: she did not offer them to him, for she saw further notice would only weary and annoy.
"There is food in the huts," said an Ox-boar-man, drowsily, and looking away from me.
"I'll soon be the only fancy-free maiden of our old quartet," thought Anne, drowsily. Aloud she said, "Of course."
"Killeny Boy, you kinky-head man-eater, Killeny Boy, Killeny Boy," Dag Daughtry murmured drowsily. "Kwaque, you black blood-drinker, run n' fetch 'm one fella bottle stop 'm along icey-chestis."
He slept through a troubled and unrestful hour, then unconsciousness began to shred away, and presently he rose drowsily to a sitting posture.
But she walked always more and more drowsily, and clutched more and more automatically the sleeping child at her bosom.
The spring murmured drowsily beside him; the branches waved dreamily across the blue sky overhead; and a deep sleep, perchance hiding dreams within its depths, fell upon David Swan.

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