dizzily

diz·zy  (dz)

adj. diz·zi·er, diz·zi·est

1. Having a whirling sensation and a tendency to fall. See Synonyms at giddy.

2. Bewildered or confused.

3.

a. Producing or tending to produce giddiness: a dizzy height.

b. Caused by giddiness; reeling.

4. Characterized by impulsive haste; very rapid: "The American language had begun its dizzy onward march before the Revolution" (H.L. Mencken).

5. Slang Scatterbrained or silly.

tr.v. diz·zied, diz·zy·ing, diz·zies

1. To make dizzy.

2. To confuse or bewilder.

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[Middle English dusie, disi, from Old English dysig, foolish.]

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dizzi·ly adv.

dizzi·ness n.

dizzy·ing·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

dizzily - in a giddy light-headed manner; "he walked around dizzily" giddily, light-headedly

Translations

dizzily [ˈdɪzɪlɪ] ADV

1. (= giddily) [walk, sway] → con una sensación de mareo
her head began to spin dizzily → la cabeza empezó a darle vueltas y vueltas

2. (fig) [rise, fall] → vertiginosamente

3. (= in a scatterbrained way) → de manera atolondrada
she has been behaving rather dizzily lately → ha estado bastante atolondrada últimamente

4. (in a silly way) → con aire alelado
she smiled dizzily → sonrió alelada

dizzily [ˈdɪzɪli] adv [spin] → vertigineusement

dizzily

adv

(= giddily) → benommen; my head spun dizzily → mir war entsetzlich schwindelig; share prices rose dizzily → die Aktienkurse stiegen auf schwindelerregende Höhen

(fig inf: = foolishly) → dümmlich

dizzily [ˈdɪzɪlɪ] adv (spin, rise, fall) → vertiginosamente; (walk) → con un senso di vertigine