drowsily, adv.
(ˈdraʊzɪlɪ)
[f. drowsy + -ly2.]
In a drowsy manner; sluggishly, inactively.
| 1581 Mulcaster Positions xiii. (1887) 62 Talking..is thought verie fit for such, as be drousely giuen. 1601 Shakes. Jul. C. iv. iii. 240 What, thou speak'st drowsily? 1856 Emerson Eng. Traits Wks. (Bohn) II. 14 Classics which at home are drowsily read. 1871 R. Ellis Catullus xvii. 13 Urchin, across papa's elbow drowsily swaying. |