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drowsily

ADVERB
sleepily
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In her memory, Ms. Phillips writes, “the brother closest to me whispers, their wings are flying up, as singed leaves laced with sparks scatter drowsily higher.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

Joining the link drowsily, such a flood of energy came through from the other side that I’m surprised it didn’t break my laptop.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2020

To its west is the proposed mall site, a mostly empty tract of woods, scrub brush and drowsily grazing dairy cows.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 5, 2015

The students will be encouraged to get lost on the Web, disappearing for three hours in a Situationist-inspired dérive, drowsily emerging from the digital haze only when class is over.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 13, 2014

At the edge of his consciousness he could hear Leslie singing along and drowsily wondered why she bothered.

From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson




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