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sleepily

[ US /ˈsɫipəɫi/ ]
[ UK /slˈiːpɪli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a sleepy manner
    the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car

How To Use sleepily In A Sentence

  • Teigue was about to repeat the motion, when one of Marin's eyes slitted open sleepily.
  • The boat slips sleepily down the harbour, until it rounds the breakwater and the wind catches its sail.
  • Kei groaned as for the third time that morning his hand sleepily fumbled in an attempt to silence the irritating buzz of the battery alarm clock.
  • the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car
  • Sleepily, I recalled the events of the night with content reminiscence.
  • The air grew full of silence, the birds twittered sleepily, and from afar came, faint and clear, the musical song of the milkmaid calling the kine home to the milking. The Adventures of Robin Hood
  • Ugh, you brutes!" exclaimed Quashy, referring to a number of urubu vultures which stood on the shells, all more or less gorged, some still tearing sleepily at the meat, others standing in apoplectic apathy, quite unable to fly. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America
  • Five minutes previously, François somnambulated his way into our bedroom with the shark in question (stuffed, of course,) and sleepily piped up "Cats don't eat sharks. Alex McCord: Cats on Keyboards and Job Hunting Online
  • The kitten blinked at him sleepily, like another cat that he knew, and mewled.
  • When the moon rose we moved indoors to our beds, still sleepily murmuring. LEARNING TO TALK: SHORT STORIES
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