sleepilyadv.
/ˈsliːpɪli/ In a sleepy manner, drowsily; also, calmly, quietly.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adverb]
drowsily1581
sleepily1607
somnolently1615
sleepingly1638
oscitantly1645
slumberously1816
dozingly1831
comatosely1859
dozily1861
the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [adverb]
softOE
i-semelichec1275
peaceablya1382
restfully1433
quietly1488
quietously1546
restly1561
quiet1568
calmly1597
reposedly1598
lowna1600
undisturbedly1647
peacefully1667
tranquilly1756
stilly1802
lownly1820
reposefully1852
sleepily1873
1607 S. Hieron Abridgem. of Gospell in Wks. (1620) I. 117 If it bee heard idlely, carelesly, scornefully, sleepily.
1688 Answer Talon's Plea 9 He carries himself sleepily, and as if he were in a Lethargy, towards the Quietists.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxix. 384 The renewed chorus..mingling itself sleepily in my dreams.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule x. 161 That great extent of wooded plain, lying sleepily in its pale mists.
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