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Meaning of "sleepily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SLEEPILY

sleepily  [ˈsliːpɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLEEPILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sleepily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SLEEPILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sleepily in the English dictionary

The definition of sleepily in the dictionary is in a way that shows you are tired.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLEEPILY


chirpily
ˈtʃɜːpɪlɪ
creepily
ˈkriːpɪlɪ
croupily
ˈkruːpɪlɪ
droopily
ˈdruːpɪlɪ
frumpily
ˈfrʌmpɪlɪ
grumpily
ˈɡrʌmpɪlɪ
happily
ˈhæpɪlɪ
jumpily
ˈdʒʌmpɪlɪ
lilly-pilly
ˈlɪlɪˌpɪlɪ
loopily
ˈluːpɪlɪ
lumpily
ˈlʌmpɪlɪ
pillie
ˈpɪlɪ
ropily
ˈrəʊpɪlɪ
roupily
ˈruːpɪlɪ
skimpily
ˈskɪmpɪlɪ
sloppily
ˈslɒpɪlɪ
snappily
ˈsnæpɪlɪ
snoopily
ˈsnuːpɪlɪ
unhappily
ʌnˈhæpɪlɪ
weepily
ˈwiːpɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLEEPILY

sleepier
sleepiest
sleepiness
sleeping
sleeping accommodation
sleeping area
sleeping bag
sleeping berth
sleeping car
sleeping draught
sleeping giant
sleeping partner
sleeping pill
sleeping policeman
sleeping policemen
sleeping porch
sleeping position
sleeping problems
sleeping quarters
sleeping sickness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLEEPILY

bumpily
campily
choppily
crispily
dopily
drippily
dumpily
floppily
glumpily
peppily
pily
preppily
scrappily
scrimpily
snippily
soapily
soppily
stroppily
stumpily
waspily

Synonyms and antonyms of sleepily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sleepily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SLEEPILY

Find out the translation of sleepily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sleepily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sleepily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

睡意
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adormilada
570 millions of speakers

English

sleepily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खामोशी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النعاس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сонно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sonolenta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিদ্রাচ্ছন্নভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

endormi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengantuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schläfrig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

眠そうに
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

졸린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngantuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngái ngủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sleepily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नीटपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uykulu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assonnata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sennie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сонно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

somnoros
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νυσταγμένα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slaperig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sleepily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sleepily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sleepily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLEEPILY»

The term «sleepily» is regularly used and occupies the 105.797 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SLEEPILY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sleepily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLEEPILY»

Discover the use of sleepily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sleepily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Poems
And then, when thy spirit was passing away, Dreamily, dreamily; The earth-born dwelling returning to clay, Sleepily, sleepily; Over thee held the crucified Best, But no warm face to thy cold cheek pressed. And when my spirit was passing away, ...
George MacDonald, 1857
2
Southern Literary Messenger: Devoted to Every Department of ...
Sleepily, sleepily, In the noontide awaycth he, Half-rested on the slender stalks That edge those well-known gnrden-walki. See'est thou the dear old dwelling With the wood-bine round the door? Brothers, soft ! — her heart is swelling With the ...
Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas W. White, George William Bagby, 1840
3
The Female Poets of America
Back she threw the casement wido She saw the river onward slide, The lilies nodding on the tide Sleepilysleepily ; She saw a boat with snowy sail Bearing onward with the gale ; She saw the silken streamer pale- She saw the lord of ...
4
The Poetical Works of George MacDonald (Volumes I and II)
And at last, thy tired soul passing away, Dreamily, dreamily— Its worn tent fluttering in slow decay, Sleepily, sleepily— Over thee held the crucified Best, But no warm cheek to thy cold cheek pressed! And then my passing from cell to clay,  ...
George MacDonald
5
At Swim, Two Boys
... to the waves the music Doyler had learnt him there. Slipjigs mostly, those winding minor-keyed melodies, that seemed to say to him, sleepily on and over, sleepily stop—and on again; sleepily slow but surely, steepily deepily sleepily down.
Jamie O'Neill, 2002
6
Sentence Combining, Grade 4
Tim threw off his heavy blankets sleepily and rose from his warm bed. b. Throwing off his heavy blankets, Tim rose sleepily from his warm bed. c. Rising from his bed that was warm, Tim sleepily threw off his heavy blankets. d. Rising sleepily ...
Ruth Foster, Eric Migliaccio, Ina Massler Levin, 2005
7
The Southern literary messenger
Rocking on the river's breast Sleepilysleepily, — When the curfew, far remote, Blendeth with the night-bird's note, Down the river glides a boat From the shades of Ennerslie. Glideth on by Ellesmairc, Where doth dwell a lady fair, With violet ...
8
The female poets of America
Rocking on the river's breast Sleepilysleepily — When the curfew, far remote, Blendeth with the night-bird's note, Down the river glides a boat From the shades of Ennerslie. Glideth on by Ellesmaire, Where doth dwell a lady fair, With violet ...
Rufus Wilmot Griswold, 1849
9
The Eclectic Review
And then, when thy spirit was passing away, Dreamily, dreamily ; The earth-born dwelling returning to clay, Sleepily, sleepily ; Over thee held the crucified Best, But no warm face to thy cold cheek pressed. ' And when my Bpirit was passing ...
Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, 1863
10
A Hidden Life and Other Poems
And then, when thy spirit was passing away, Dreamily, dreamily; The earth-born dwelling returning to clay, Sleepily, sleepily; Over thee held the crucified Best, But no warm face to thy cold cheek pressed. And when my spirit was passing away, ...
George MacDonald, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLEEPILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sleepily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Reviewing Bill Cosby's Own Words in Released Deposition Excerpts
For the same reason he doesn't drink alcohol, because it makes him sleepily. Now to a horrible tragedy in New York raising questions about. This transcript has ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
2
An Irishwoman's Diary on the dawn chorus
An early sparrow twittered sleepily from within thick ivy covering Quinlivan's house. No one answered his wake-up call. There was a blue haze rising from the ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
Readers Write (July 6): The Great Toilet Seat Debate, US Bank, U …
I have to assume (luckily for her) that Ms. Sittenfeld has never had occasion to sleepily amble into a darkened bathroom and tried to sit on a toilet only to discover ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
4
How Working a 9-5 Office Job Is Probably Killing You
Every day, millions of workers around the globe reluctantly wake up to their alarm clocks, hit snooze repeatedly, and sleepily head into work where they ... «BGR, Jun 15»
5
Mesa Luna "Church Garden"
Instead, the arrangement swells sleepily with melancholic croons and spacious, pillowy synth tones. The result is a dreamy dance track that's equal parts ... «Exclaim!, Jun 15»
6
Stop, collaborate and listen
As I ran out the door, Husband sleepily called out to me, "Um, have you forgotten your office is next to our bed?" I replied, "No! I'm going to work today!". «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
7
Cemetery of Splendour: Ancient forces make for a seductive and …
Although the film is short on bravura shots – one typically puzzling scene of an amoeba creeping across the sky noted – it is every bit as sleepily seductive as ... «Irish Times, May 15»
8
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided officially announced as “Can't Kill …
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided officially announced as “Can't Kill Progress” sleepily continues. Posted on April 7, 2015 by John Scalzo. deusexmankinddivided-gi. «Warp Zoned, Apr 15»
9
15 Winter Quotes From Books To Remind You You're Not Suffering …
He watched sleepily the flakes, silver and dark, falling obliquely against the lamplight. The time had come for him to set out on his journey westward. Yes, the ... «Bustle, Jan 15»
10
On the 'Wild' Movie Trail in Oregon
These days Mississippi Avenue is “sleepily trendy,” as a Serious Eats blogger wrote in a review of Interurban when it opened in 2011. The mhoo tom yum soup ... «New York Times, Dec 14»

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