DREAMILY Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

dreamily

adverb

Definition of dreamily

as in nicely

in a pleasing way our date at the restaurant went dreamily until the check arrived

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Recent Examples of dreamily Its protagonist is a quixotic teenage girl named Elsie, who weaves dreamily through a party at her parents’ country home. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026 The album’s first half is all head-over-heels, dreamily devoted love songs, whimsical head rushes turned into music that recalls Lorde, the Cure, and Annie Ernaux. — Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 22 June 2026 Patricia wears a tiara and circulates dreamily, like a grownup Carrie at prom. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 18 June 2026 The three-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter released the track and accompanying music video — dreamily directed by Petra Collins at the Louvre — two weeks ago. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 2 May 2026 Cogan is joined by dreamily pastoral artist Angelica Rockne (with shades of Weyes Blood running thick) at Stardust Station on May 16. — Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026 A week later, on May 12, Camp re-posted one of Whipkey’s Instagram Stories—a photo of herself looking dreamily into the distance during a candlelit dinner. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 10 Mar. 2026 But as the title character and a partial avatar for Williamson — who had similarly spent his own teen years dreamily pining and aspiring to be a filmmaker — Dawson was the boy-next-door pillar around which the show orbited. — Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026 As any snowboarder knows, the board does not just float dreamily across soft, puffy snow. — New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025

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Adverb

Offensive notes Tommy DeVito settled in nicely after sailing some early throws.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Anna’s sheer lace dress with a huge keyhole in the front and an open back is fine but also like a million other dresses; the same goes for Jude’s nicely constructed, but very familiar, black velvet dress with a corset.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of nicely

Adverb

There’s wisdom and depth to the film’s themes of growing old, dashed dreams and the magic of rediscovery, plus a deliciously ironic final twist.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Many people would be deliciously tired after such wholesome exertion and not want to spend their evenings raking over the past with a chatty English journalist.

— Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of deliciously

Adverb

Beyond my ultra-chic (and great-smelling) mother’s stamp of approval, the brand’s luxurious perfume portfolio has earned praise from Meghan Markle, Kate Middleton, Jennifer Aniston, and Katie Holmes, to name a few.

— Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 12 Aug. 2026
But Malonga soon too will push the rebuilding Storm to future deep postseason runs like the ex-Storm great once did.

— Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of great

Adverb

Filled with cats doing everything from clever tricks to delightfully goofy antics, the festival — which is actually just one screening of a 70-minute collection of videos — promises to deliver nonstop laughter and feel-good entertainment.

— Denis Akbari, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
Perhaps most delightfully, there’s an antique barber’s chair tucked into its own grooming alcove.

— Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of delightfully

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The show nonetheless takes an unexpected direction that makes for an enjoyably low-key binge.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Lowe used to be a member of a much larger and more popular right-wing populist party, Nigel Farage’s Reform, but he was forced out in an enjoyably catty and melodramatic schism after calling for mass deportations.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026

Definition of enjoyably

Adverb

The longest track on the album at more than eight minutes, it’s built around a relentless two-note bass line and dangerously cowbell-adjacent percussion and features a whirlwind of samples and sweetly noisy meltdowns.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 19 Aug. 2026
The Ferrari driver was seen shirtless while wearing black swim trunks in the first photo, sweetly wrapping his arms around the Kardashians star embracing him from the front.

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of sweetly

Adverb

Ten years from now, the designation process should be even more finely tuned.

— Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The best type of tea to re-steep is anything that starts very potent, or features tea leaves that are on the larger, coarser side, rather than finely ground.

— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of finely

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