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dreamy

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dream·y  (drm)
adj. dream·i·er, dream·i·est
1. Resembling a dream; ethereal or vague.
2. Given to daydreams or reverie.
3. Soothing and serene.
4. Informal Inspiring delight; wonderful.

dreami·ly adv.
dreami·ness n.

dreamy [ˈdriːmɪ]
adj dreamier, dreamiest
1. vague or impractical
2. resembling a dream in quality
3. relaxing; gentle dreamy music
4. Informal wonderful
5. having dreams, esp daydreams
dreamily  adv
dreaminess  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.dreamy - dreamy in mood or nature; "a woolgathering moment"
inattentive - showing a lack of attention or care; "inattentive students"; "an inattentive babysitter"
2.dreamy - lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt"; "a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot languorous afternoon"
lethargic, unenrgetic - deficient in alertness or activity; "bullfrogs became lethargic with the first cold nights"

dreamy
adjective
1. vague, abstracted, absent, musing, preoccupied, daydreaming, faraway, pensive, in a reverie, with your head in the clouds His face assumed a dreamy expression.
2. relaxing, calming, romantic, gentle, soothing, lulling a dreamy, delicate song
3. starry-eyed, romantic, sentimental, utopian, quixotic, over-optimistic He's like some dreamy kid
Translations
dreamy [ˈdriːmɪ] ADJ (dreamier (compar) (dreamiest (superl))) [character, person] → soñador; [smile, tone] → distraído; [music] → de ensueño, suave
dreamy [ˈdriːmi] adj
[person] (= absent-minded) → rêveur/euse; [smile, expression] → rêveur/euse
(= dream-like) → qui fait rêver
dreamy
adj (+er)
smile, look, music, voice, personverträumt; ideaversponnen; a dreamy look came into the mother’s eyesder Blick der Mutter wurde verträumt
(inf: = lovely) → traumhaft
dreamy [ˈdriːmɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → distratto/a, sognatore/trice; (look, voice) → sognante; (music, quality) → di sogno
dreamy [ˈdriːmɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (person) → distratto/a, sognatore/trice; (look, voice) → sognante; (music, quality) → di sogno


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Minds that have been unhinged from their old faith and love, have perhaps sought this Lethean influence of exile, in which the past becomes dreamy because its symbols have all vanished, and the present too is dreamy because it is linked with no memories.
I engage with the Snark--every night after dark-- In a dreamy delirious fight: I serve it with greens in those shadowy scenes, And I use it for striking a light:
At such times, under an abated sun; afloat all day upon smooth, slow heaving swells; seated in his boat, light as a birch canoe; and so sociably mixing with the soft waves themselves, that like hearth-stone cats they purr against the gunwale; these are the times of dreamy quietude, when beholding the tranquil beauty and brilliancy of the ocean's skin, one forgets the tiger heart that pants beneath it; and would not willingly remember, that this velvet paw but conceals a remorseless fang.
 
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