blearily


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blear·y

 (blîr′ē)
adj.blear·i·er,blear·i·est
1. Watery, filmy, or unable to see clearly:bleary eyes.
2. Tired, disoriented, or bleary-eyed:He shuffled around the kitchen, bleary with sleep.
3. Vaguely outlined; indistinct:"The Palisades are wan and bleary with heat"(Clement Greenberg).

blear′i·ly adv.
blear′i·ness n.
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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

blearily

[ˈblɪərɪlɪ]advhe looked up blearily at TomfissòTom conocchiappannati
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995


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