What does sleepily mean?

sleepily means "in a sleepy manner".

How many syllables are in sleepily?

sleepily has 3 syllables: slee-pi-ly. The stress falls on "slee". In IPA it is /ˈslipəli/.

Is sleepily a common word?

sleepily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Sleepily — meaning, pronunciation and syllables

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a sleepy manner
“the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car”

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What does sleepily mean?: sleepily means "in a sleepy manner".
How many syllables are in sleepily?: sleepily has 3 syllables: slee-pi-ly. The stress falls on "slee". In IPA it is /ˈslipəli/.
Is sleepily a common word?: sleepily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sleepily come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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