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dreamingly

dreamingly adverb: in a dreamy manner; dreamily.

Adverb

dreamingly (comparative more dreamingly, superlative most dreamingly)

  1. In a dreamy manner; dreamily.
    • And as other dreams come from the multitude of business, so from such like busyings of the mind, we shall pray but dreamingly and distemperedly.1856, Thomas Cobbet, Gospel Incense Or a Practical Treatise on Prayer, page 296

Forms of dreamingly

comparativemore dreamingly
superlativemost dreamingly

Origin of dreamingly

From dreaming + -ly.

Questions about dreamingly

What does dreamingly mean?
Dreamingly means in a dreamy manner; dreamily.
What part of speech is dreamingly?
Dreamingly is an adverb.

Words near dreamingly in the dictionary

  1. dreaming site
  2. dreaming sites
  3. dreaming track
  4. dreaming tracks
  5. dreaming up
  6. dreamingly
  7. dreamings
  8. dreamish
  9. dreamjob
  10. dreamjobs
  11. dreamland

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