sleepily

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *slēpaz Proto-West Germanic *slāp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Proto-West Germanic *slāpag Old English *slǣpiġ Middle English slepy English sleepy Middle English -ly English -ly English sleepily From sleepy + -ly.

1. In a sleepy manner.

   “Igins was studying the habits of a capuchin caterpillar, that, like his betters, was sleepily eating his way through existence on the leaf of a cabbage in the garden […]”

   “Lettie's eyes were scarcely open, but she answered sleepily, "Well, papa."”