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dream·y

(drē′mē)

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.

dream′i·ly adv.

dream′i·ness n.

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Adv.

dreamily - in a dreamy manner; "`She would look beautiful in the new dress,' Tommy said dreamily"

dreamfully, moonily

Translations

بِصورةٍ حالِمَه

zasněně

drømmendefantaserende

träumerisch

rêveusement

álmodozón

á dreyminn hátt; annars hugar

come in un sogno

snivo

dalgın dalgınrüyada gibi

梦一般地

dreamily

[ˈdriːmɪlɪ] ADV → como si estuviera soñando

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dreamily

[ˈdriːmɪli] adv [say] → d'un ton songeur; [stare, gaze] → d'un air songeur

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dreamily

adv → verträumt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dreamily

[ˈdriːmɪlɪ] adv → con aria sognante

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dream

(driːm) noun

1. thoughts and pictures in the mind that come mostly during sleep. I had a terrible dream last night.

2. a state of being completely occupied by one's own thoughts. Don't sit there in a dream!

3. something perfect or very beautiful. Your house is a dream!

4. an ambition or hope. It's my dream to win a Nobel Prize.

verb – past tense, past participles dreamed, ~dreamt (dremt) –

(sometimes with of) to see visions and pictures in the mind, especially when asleep. For years I dreamed of being a great artist; I dreamt last night that the house had burnt down.

ˈdreamer noun

a person who is often occupied with his thoughts. I'm afraid my son is a bit of a dreamer and not very practical.

ˈdreamless adjective

(of sleep) sound; not disturbed by dreams.

ˈdreamy adjective

as if of a person who is not quite awake. a dreamy smile; She is too dreamy.

ˈdreamily adverb

ˈdreaminess noun

dream up

to invent. I'm sure she'll dream up some silly plan.

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I have often thought about the top and its spinner, as I have noted the absorbed faces of other people's pleasures in the streets,--two lovers passing along the crowded Strand with eyes only for each other; a student deep in his book in the corner of an omnibus; a young mother glowing over the child in her arms; the wild-eyed musician dreamily treading on everybody's toes, and begging nobody's pardon; the pretty little Gaiety Girl hurrying to rehearsal with no thought but of her own sweet self and whether there will be a letter from Harry at the stage- door,--yes, if we are alone in our griefs, we are no less alone in our pleasures.

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A boat beneath a sunny sky, Lingering onward dreamily In an evening of July-- Children three that nestle near, Eager eye and willing ear, Pleased a simple tale to hear-- Long has paled that sunny sky: Echoes fade and memories die.

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Towards midnight our talk of London died away, and we stood side by side leaning over the bulwarks and staring dreamily over the silent, starlit sea, each pursuing his own thoughts.

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A bell was ringing from the tower of a little white church on the far side; mellowly and dreamily sweet, the chime floated across the water blent with the moan of the sea.

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Best of all, perhaps, he loved to lie near the fire, hind legs crouched under him, fore legs stretched out in front, head raised, and eyes blinking dreamily at the flames.

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Tom went to bed that night planning vengeance against Alfred Temple; for with shame and repentance Becky had told him all, not forgetting her own treachery; but even the longing for vengeance had to give way, soon, to pleasanter musings, and he fell asleep at last with Becky's latest words lingering dreamily in his ear --

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"Perhaps to show his diamond ring," murmured Sir John, dreamily, from his chair.

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She was not looking at the sculpture, probably not thinking of it: her large eyes were fixed dreamily on a streak of sunlight which fell across the floor.

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Her eyes were dreamily bright, her cheeks genuine peachblow, her expression a happy one, tinged with reminiscence.

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"How I should like to know other people just as I know myself!" said Anna, seriously and dreamily. "Am I worse than other people, or better?

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"That is singular," said the priest dreamily. "Yet a handsome uniform is a beautiful thing."

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"If you would only live with me in some little house when we get older," mused Emma Jane, as with her darning needle poised in air she regarded the opposite wall dreamily, "I would do the housework and cooking, and copy all your poems and stories, and take them to the post-office, and you needn't do anything but write.