Drowsily

  • 41drowsy — [ˈdraʊzi] adj feeling that you want to sleep drowsily adv …

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  • 42drowsy — /ˈdraʊzi / (say drowzee) adjective (drowsier, drowsiest) 1. inclined to sleep; half asleep. 2. marked by or resulting from sleepiness. 3. dull; sluggish. 4. inducing sleepiness. {drows(e) + y1} –drowsily, adverb –drowsiness, noun …

  • 43drowsiness — drowsy ► ADJECTIVE (drowsier, drowsiest) ▪ sleepy and lethargic. DERIVATIVES drowsily adverb drowsiness noun. ORIGIN probably from an Old English word meaning «be languid or slow»; related to DREARY(Cf. ↑dreary) …

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  • 44drowsy — ► ADJECTIVE (drowsier, drowsiest) ▪ sleepy and lethargic. DERIVATIVES drowsily adverb drowsiness noun. ORIGIN probably from an Old English word meaning «be languid or slow»; related to DREARY(Cf. ↑dreary) …

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  • 45drowsy — [drou′zē] adj. drowsier, drowsiest 1. a) sleepy or half asleep; lethargic b) making drowsy; soporific 2. brought on by sleepiness 3. peacefully quiet or inactive [a drowsy village] SYN …

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  • 46drowsy — adj. (drowsier, drowsiest) 1 half asleep; dozing. 2 soporific; lulling. 3 sluggish. Derivatives: drowsily adv. drowsiness n. Etymology: prob. rel. to OE drusian be languid or slow, dreosan fall: cf. DREARY …

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  • 47doz|i|ly — «DOH zuh lee», adverb. in a dozy manner; drowsily; sleepily …

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  • 48tri|an|gu|la|tion — «try ANG gyuh LAY shuhn», noun. 1. a) a survey or measurement done by means of trigonometry. b) the series or network of triangles laid out for such measurement. 2. division into triangles. 3. Figurative. any relationship that links three… …

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