sleepily

[US]/'sliːpɪlɪ/
[UK]/'slipɪli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a sleepy or drowsy manner; lazily

Example Sentences

It was blue Monday and Henry nodded sleepily over his books.

She yawned sleepily as she crawled into bed.

The cat blinked sleepily in the warm sun.

He answered the phone sleepily, still half asleep.

The baby rubbed her eyes sleepily before falling back asleep.

The dog wagged its tail sleepily as it lay down for a nap.

She walked sleepily to the kitchen to make some coffee.

He drove sleepily through the quiet streets in the early morning.

The old man nodded sleepily in his chair by the fireplace.

The students listened sleepily to the lecture after a late night of studying.

She sighed sleepily, feeling the warm sun on her face.

Real-world Examples

" Where're you going? " said Ron sleepily.

Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

" Someone attacking you, Harry? " Seamus asked sleepily.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

We sleepily thought it was the distant thunder.

Source: Selected Poems of Tagore

" What now" ? she asked sleepily, and, withal, curiously.

Source: Sea Wolf (Part Two)

" Oh I am glad I'm not on duty, " muttered Mr. Weasley sleepily.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

She snatched him up into her arms and he awoke, waving small fists and slobbering sleepily.

Source: Gone with the Wind

" Whether you are there or not, " she murmured sleepily, " good night — and thank you" .

Source: Gone with the Wind

" Happy Christmas, " said Ron sleepily as Harry scrambled out of bed and pulled on his dressing gown.

Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

The Gryphon woke up, and said sleepily to Alice, It's just talk, you know. They never execute anybody.

Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Simplified Version)

Dick sat down sleepily on a box.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

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