blearily

From bleary + -ly.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈblɪəɹɪli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈblɪɹɪli/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹɪli

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."

• Bareilly, beryllia, reliably