Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drowsily

/ˈdɹaʊzɪli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: drowsi-ly
IPA: /ˈdɹaʊzɪli/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a drowsy manner.

Example Sentences

"She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky."

Etymology

Etymology tree English drowsy Middle English -ly English -ly English drowsily From drowsy + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more drowsily (comparative) most drowsily (superlative)

Synonyms

somnolently

Rhymes With

lousily blowsily

Questions

How do you pronounce drowsily?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɹaʊzɪli/.
What does drowsily mean?: In a drowsy manner.
Where does drowsily come from?: Etymology tree English drowsy Middle English -ly English -ly English drowsily From drowsy + -ly.

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