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# sleepily

adverb (sleepily, more sleepily, most sleepily)

«sleepily» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a drowsy way; half awake and ready to fall asleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepily/#m1)

### In the lessons

in the lessons characters speak or move while still half asleep, often at night or on waking

### Examples

- She rubbed her eyes and yawned sleepily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepily/#x1)
- The baby murmured sleepily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepily/#x2)
- "Is it morning yet?" he asked sleepily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepily/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sleepily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sleepily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sleepily.html) on Mova free.