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Sleepily is an English word. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Sleepily in a sentence

Related words

Sleepily | Sleepiness | Sleepier | Sleepiest

Sleepily meaning

In a sleepy manner.

Using Sleepily

  • The main meaning on this page is: In a sleepy manner.

Context around Sleepily

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 32.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

smith 1× way 1×

Often after:

preparing 1× down 1×

Sentence patterns with Sleepily

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

george smith sleepily preparing a 1× my way sleepily down the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i was making 1×

Common sentence endings:

from the stage 1× prize for chemistry 1×

Words around Sleepily

Just before it in the word index:

sleepiest 2 sleepier 4 sleepers 175 sleeper 272 sleepaway 14 sleep 4.639

Just after it in the word index:

sleepin 2 sleepiness 30 sleeping 1.839 sleepless 109 sleeplessness 13 sleepout 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Sleepily

  • In this selection, "sleepily" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, smith, way, preparing and down stand out and add context to how "sleepily" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include george smith sleepily preparing a and my way sleepily down the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sleepily" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sleepily

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

I was making my way sleepily down the long flight of stairs when I heard staccato steps coming from the stage. (21 words)

It was 4:30 a.m. today when George Smith, sleepily preparing a cup of coffee for the day, received a static-filled call from Stockholm telling him he was one of three scientists who would share this year’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry. (44 words)

Longer example sentences

It was 4:30 a.m. today when George Smith, sleepily preparing a cup of coffee for the day, received a static-filled call from Stockholm telling him he was one of three scientists who would share this year’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry. (44 words)

I was making my way sleepily down the long flight of stairs when I heard staccato steps coming from the stage. (21 words)

Example sentences (2)

It was 4:30 a.m. today when George Smith, sleepily preparing a cup of coffee for the day, received a static-filled call from Stockholm telling him he was one of three scientists who would share this year’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

I was making my way sleepily down the long flight of stairs when I heard staccato steps coming from the stage.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sleepily" in a sentence?
An example: "It was 4:30 a.m. today when George Smith, sleepily preparing a cup of coffee for the day, received a static-filled call from Stockholm telling him he was one of three scientists who would share this year’s Nobel Prize for Chemistry." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "sleepily" from authentic English texts.
What does "sleepily" mean?
Sleepily means: In a sleepy manner.
How many example sentences with "sleepily" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "sleepily", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.