Definitions

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  • adverb In a dreamy manner.

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  • adverb In a dreamy manner.

Etymologies

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dreaming +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • She repeated the name dreamingly, hardly yet awake, and her voice held almost a caress in its soft tones.

    The Moon out of Reach Margaret Pedler

  • The true life takes place when we're alone, thinking, feeling, lost in memory, dreamingly selfaware, the submicroscopic moments.

    Excerpt: Point Omega by Don DeLillo 2010

  • I agree with Edith, the first photo is dreamingly ethereal and i love it.

    Winter Plant Portrait-Wallflowers, Erysimum « Fairegarden 2010

  • Francisco Costa's floating cotton candy coats and dresses for Calvin Klein, which looked as comfortable as they were dreamingly beautiful ...

    Judy Licht: InTents: A Look Back - These Are a Few of My Favorite Things 2009

  • I dreamingly see those fallen leaves as symbolic of a time where invention in new technologies that save the earth will replace old oil barrels of peril that destroy the earth, as Senator Obama spoke of in his plan.

    Paula B. Mays: Campaign Journal: Reflections On These Final Days 2008

  • Songes is dreamingly tropical and very easy to wear.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Ayala Sender 2008

  • Songes is dreamingly tropical and very easy to wear.

    Top 25 Contemporary Perfumes Ayala Sender 2008

  • Last week's host the lovely Anh from Food Lover's Journey presents a dreamingly delicious offering using Tara Root.

    Weekend Herb Blogging #78 - Recap Haalo 2007

  • Last week's host the lovely Anh from Food Lover's Journey presents a dreamingly delicious offering using Tara Root.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Haalo 2007

  • From the brightness of Amber and the power and clean-shining splendor of adjacent Shadow, off through the progressively darkening slices of image that lead away in any direction, farther, through the twisted landscapes, and farther still, on through places seen only when drunk, delirious, or dreamingly illy, and farther yet again, running beyond the place where I stop ....

    Sign of the Unicorn Zelazny, Roger 1975

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