adv
Meaning 1
In a sleepy manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sleepily
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CMU ARPABET: S L IY1 P AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in a sleepy manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *slēpaz Proto-West Germanic *slāp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Proto-West Germanic *slāpag Old English *slǣpiġ Middle English slepy English sleepy Middle English -ly English -ly English sleepily From sleepy + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: álmosan — in a sleepy manner