blearily

English

Etymology

From bleary +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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."

Anagrams

• Bareilly, beryllia, reliably