What does sleepily mean?
Sleepily means In a sleepy manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a sleepy manner..
Igins was studying the habits of a capuchin caterpillar, that, like his betters, was sleepily eating his way through existence on the leaf of a cabbage in the garden […]
Lettie's eyes were scarcely open, but she answered sleepily, "Well, papa."
Use sleepily when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sleepily means In a sleepy manner..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Igins was studying the habits of a capuchin caterpillar, that, like his betters, was sleepily eating his way through existence on the leaf of a cabbage in the garden […]
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