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
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.
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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
Now, on the debut album under his new alias Musicentrydelete, Matt applies his obscurantist instincts to a kind of minimalist ambient techno, to dreamily—and woozily—psychedelic effect.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
As any snowboarder knows, the board does not just float dreamily across soft, puffy snow.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
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
Now, on the debut album under his new alias Musicentrydelete, Matt applies his obscurantist instincts to a kind of minimalist ambient techno, to dreamily—and woozily—psychedelic effect.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
As any snowboarder knows, the board does not just float dreamily across soft, puffy snow.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreamily
Adverb
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Optimizing that tuning, called model calibration, is a process that machine learning can fit into nicely.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
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The garden actually is a place for children, and this art plays nicely to a younger audience.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
Adverb
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An offshoot of the popular podcast that actor-comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang have hosted since 2016, the award show aims to celebrate the year’s biggest pop culture moments and plays like a fever dream more dazzling and deliciously random than a late-night scroll session on TikTok.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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What follows is a deliciously demented cat-and-mouse game between Sky and Dennis.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
Adverb
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Well, Lila's off doing great now.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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These same resentments likely erupted in the murder of Clapham and in the solidarity a great many local people felt with the Panis woman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
Adverb
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Even the logistics feel delightfully analog.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Around 4,500 hospitality meals are served each day, along with a delightfully English 12,000 scones (half fruit, half plain) and another 12,000 tea cakes per Test.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
Adverb
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According to sources, Thomas was asked to appear as well but ultimately decided not to participate.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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However, the unselfish captain has led MLS in assists so far, which may still bode well for South Korea.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
Adverb
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To that end, here’s a selection of the best (and most enjoyably bad) literary film and TV coming to streaming services this month.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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There’s one enjoyably oddball visual when Passenger Man disrupts a cozy projector-and-canopy movie night in the forest and suddenly the faces of Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn are on trees everywhere as mayhem ensues.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
Adverb
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Shayne shared an additional slew of photos, including one of her dad sweetly hugging his lookalike granddaughter Press.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
5 June 2026
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The former Miss Universe, 34, wore a strappy blue top, which Colette sweetly held on to, and showed a glimpse of her growing bump.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
Adverb
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The siblings are heartachingly real, and minor characters are finely drawn.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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These finely ground powders are applied directly onto an ant hill and are especially advantageous for eliminating ant hills in hard-to-reach cracks and crevices, Smith says.—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
4 June 2026
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“Dreamily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreamily. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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