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dreamily

American  
[dree-mi-lee] / ˈdri mɪ li /

adverb

  1. in a way that relates to or resembles a dream.

  2. in a musing, absent-minded way, as if in a daydream.


Example Sentences

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Some of us are poring over newspapers or dreamily watching the countryside fly by.

From The Wall Street Journal

But while there are songs of struggle, at least half of the record is a tribute to his partner, especially on the yacht rock of Better Man; and the dreamily devoted Electric Marine Blue.

From BBC

The readers stand and wander dreamily out the door, back into their lives.

From Los Angeles Times

Two girls gaze dreamily out to sea in this lovely 6” x 6” oil painting, one of the local artworks available from Parklane Gallery’s “Winter Show of Small Works and Miniatures,” running through Dec. 30.

From Seattle Times

At the pivotal place where North American culture supposedly left Europe behind, the glowing sun is dreamily adrift.

From Los Angeles Times