DREAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dreamily mean? 

• DREAMILY (adverb)
  The adverb DREAMILY has 1 sense:

1. in a dreamy manner

  Familiarity information: DREAMILY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DREAMILY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a dreamy manner

Synonyms:

dreamfully; dreamily; moonily

Context example:

'She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily

Pertainym:

dreamy (dreamy in mood or nature)

 Context examples 

"It was beautiful," he repeated dreamily, a minute later.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The answer came dreamily, but with intention; it were as though she were interpreting something.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Best of all, perhaps, he loved to lie near the fire, hind legs crouched under him, fore legs stretched out in front, head raised, and eyes blinking dreamily at the flames.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

From their pious oasis they looked dreamily out at the desert of life, a place full of stormings and strivings—comfortless, restless, and overshadowed by evil.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He still slowly moved his finger over his upper lip, and still his eye dwelt dreamily on the glowing grate; thinking it urgent to say something, I asked him presently if he felt any cold draught from the door, which was behind him.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Sometimes as he crouched there, blinking dreamily at the flames, it seemed that the flames were of another fire, and that as he crouched by this other fire he saw another and different man from the half-breed cook before him.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)