Definitions
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- adverb In a
swoony manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Meredith and Lori sat on the other side of the fire with their heads together, their chins in their hands, staring swoonily as Brendan strummed corny old songs like “Leaving on a Jet Plane” and “Kumbaya.”
Every little thing in the world Nina de Gramont 2010
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Meredith and Lori sat on the other side of the fire with their heads together, their chins in their hands, staring swoonily as Brendan strummed corny old songs like “Leaving on a Jet Plane” and “Kumbaya.”
Every little thing in the world Nina de Gramont 2010
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"Swear not by the moon" sounded swoonily tragic to me when I was 13 and had a crush on a boy a class ahead of me.
The Corner 2009
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The scenes with Susannah are meant to be swoonily romantic -- complete with falling rose petals in one -- but come off as rather silly.
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