dreamily

dreamily — adverb

1. showing that your mind is far away, thinking of something nice, so that you do n

1.副詞B2
釋義

showing that your mind is far away, thinking of something nice, so that you do not fully notice what is going on around you

例句

Aarav gazed dreamily out the window, thinking about his holiday plans.

collocation: gaze dreamily, often with out the window

A soft smile spread across Liang's face as she listened dreamily to her favourite song.

adverb after verb: listen dreamily

同義詞
  • wistfully

    adds a sense of gentle sadness or longing that dreamily does not have

  • absently

    focuses on not paying attention but lacks the pleasant-thoughts feeling of dreamily

  • vaguely

    suggests confusion or lack of clarity rather than pleasant daydreaming

反義詞
  • alertly

    fully awake and aware, the opposite of dreamily's dreamlike state

  • attentively

    paying close attention, the opposite of being lost in thought

文法句型

modifies a verb describing speech, looking, or facial expression

用法筆記

Commonly pairs with verbs of speaking (said, murmured), looking (gazed, stared), or expressing emotion (smiled, sighed). Less common with strong physical action verbs.

常見錯誤

❌He looked at her dreamy.
✅He looked at her dreamily.
💡'dreamy' is an adjective, not an adverb; use 'dreamily' to modify the verb 'looked'.