dreamily

«dreamily» in Mova's school dictionary: In a dreamy way, as if half asleep or thinking about… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (dreamily; more dreamily, most dreamily)

meaning for a pupil

1) In a dreamy way, as if half asleep or thinking about something far away. tree →

2) In a soft, gentle, pleasant way. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories to show a character lost in thought, sleepy or happy, often looking out of a window or at the water. Alice at the start of Alice in Wonderland feels sleepy on the river bank, and the Mole gazes dreamily at the river.

examples

• She stared dreamily out of the classroom window. tree →
• The Mole gazed dreamily at the flowing water. tree →
• He smiled dreamily, thinking of the holidays. tree →
• Alice said dreamily, «Do cats eat bats?» tree →
• The music played dreamily in the background. tree →
• The cat stretched dreamily in the sun. tree →
• There he sat, dreamily gazing at his bouquet till he ended by going fast asleep. tree →

note

From «dreamy» + «-ly» (y → i): dreamily. Teachers may say a pupil is «daydreaming» if they look out of the window dreamily.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dreamily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.