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ˈdreaming, ppl. a.
[f. dream v.2 + -ing2.]
That dreams or acts as if in a dream.
1552Huloet, Dreaminge felowe, somniculosus..Dreaminge speaker, tardiloquus. 1681Dryden Abs. & Achit. 529 A numerous Host of dreaming Saints succeed. 1868Farrar Silence & V. ii. (1875) 44 The cold clear light of eternity flashed suddenly upon the closed and dreaming eyes.
Hence ˈdreamingly adv.; ˈdreamingness.
1545Coverdale Writ. & Transl. (1844) 511 Allegories handled, not dreamingly or unfruitfully. 1658A. Fox Wurtz' Surg. iii. v. 231 They would never go so dreamingly about so weighty a matter. 1727Bailey vol. II, Dreamingness, slothfulness, acting as if in a Dream. 1891F. W. Robinson Her Love & His Life III. vi. ix. 207 Looking out dreamingly and despondently at the dark night. |