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sleepingly

sleepingly adverb: sleepily; while falling asleep.

Adverb

sleepingly (comparative more sleepingly, superlative most sleepingly)

  1. (dated) Sleepily; while falling asleep.

Forms of sleepingly

comparativemore sleepingly
superlativemost sleepingly

Origin of sleepingly

From sleeping + -ly.

Questions about sleepingly

What does sleepingly mean?
Sleepingly means sleepily; while falling asleep.
What part of speech is sleepingly?
Sleepingly is an adverb.

Words near sleepingly in the dictionary

  1. sleeping together
  2. sleeping with
  3. sleeping with one eye open
  4. sleeping with one's fathers
  5. sleeping with the fishes
  6. sleepingly
  7. sleepings
  8. sleepingwear
  9. sleepiphany
  10. sleepish
  11. sleepless

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