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Definition of "slumberously" []

  • Drowsily; sleepily.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "slumberously" in a sentence
  • "Finally, I went out into the air, with a dim perception that there was something unwonted in the conduct of the sunshine, and found that I had slumberously got to the turnpike without having taken any account of the road."
  • "Rising one behind the other were long slopes and fields of trampled brown where the mooncalves had pastured, and far away in the full blaze of the sun a drove of them basked slumberously, scattered shapes, each with a blot of shadow against it like sheep on the side of a down."
  • "Filled with pride and satisfaction and a world of love, Corey smiled slumberously at him, her hand still resting on his chest."