sleepily

🇺🇸 /ˈsliːpɪli/ 🇬🇧 /ˈsliːpɪli/
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adverb
R

Doing something in a way that shows you are tired and want to sleep.

He looked at the book sleepily, his eyes barely open.

R

Happening in a slow and quiet way, like a place that is not very active.

The village slept peacefully, with only the occasional dog barking sleepily in the distance.

translation

adv. Doing something in a way that shows you are tired and want to sleep.; Happening in a slow and quiet way, like a place that is not very active.