blearily

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English

Etymology

bleary +‎ -ly

Adverb

blearily (comparative more blearily, superlative most blearily)

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

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