Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a slumbering manner; sleepily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a slumbering manner.
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- adverb While
slumbering ; in a state ofsleep .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Within the Abbey, all was slumberingly still; it was after midnight — other than he, no human remained awake.
A Lady of His Own Laurens, Stephanie 2004
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This he did by striking out wildly upon the keys in all directions; and at the same time the faithful Clarence, slumberingly waiting for his master's return to earthly matters, burst into full cry.
Tutors' Lane 1937
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Doubtless, her blood is fed by those tropical fires which had slumberingly crept through many generations, but now awaken in her veins; akin to those rivers which mysteriously disappear in the bosom of the desert, and unexpectedly burst forth in springs of pure and living water.
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All the light, softened and tinted as it were by the green foliage, rested slumberingly upon the tall gilded
La faute de l'Abbe Mouret ��mile Zola 1871
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Duties stand for little! all most slumberingly performed! in a slight, listless, heartless manner; as we do every thing, when we are between sleeping and waking.
The Whole Works of the Rev. John Howe, M.A. with a Memoir of the Author. Vol. VI. 1630-1705 1822
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