drowsily

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  1. In a drowsy manner; sleepily; heavily: as, he drowsily raised his head.
  2. Sluggishly; languidly; slothfully; lazily. Drowsily the banners wave O’er her that was so chaste and fair. Praed.

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  • The woman on the bed muttered drowsily, her words not meant for him but for the vision he had planted in her mind. —  Merlin's Mirror
  • "Shall be ..." repeated Arthur drowsily, his eyes closed. —  Merlin's Mirror
  • Despite a two-year age difference, they looked almost like twins. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
  • "That young man of yours is being quite a nuisance. —  Asimov's Science Fiction
  • When it sounds like e, —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 3
 

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