blearily

adv

blearily

adv

UK /ˈblɪəɹɪli/ · US /ˈblɪɹɪli/

Etymology From bleary + -ly.

1

In a bleary manner.

  • Crabbe looked up blearily. On the bedside table were a bottle of gin, a jug of water, and a glass.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 381:
  • "He looked at me a little blearily, as though he could not believe his eyes."1964, James Holledge, Sex and the Australian Teenager, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 29:

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