dream
noun
a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
dreamfully
-
a word derived from
dream.
Example Sentences
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"Billie," he murmured, dreamfully, "what kind of pie do you like best?"
From Men, Women, and Boats by Stephen Crane
His shining shield lay in an old grey town, And white swans sailed so still and dreamfully, They seemed the thoughts of those white, peaceful hills Mirrored that day within his glazing eyes.
From Georgian Poetry 1918-19 by Sir Edward Howard Marsh
The exquisite close of the first act of The Admirable Crichton was merely dreamfully suggestive of the past and future of the action; and the second act ended pictorially, without a word.
From The Theory of the Theatre by Clayton Meeker Hamilton
There were mornings when the glittering purple and orange domes of the oaks and maples swam in the mist dreamfully, so beautiful the eyes lingered upon them wistfully.
From A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West by Hamlin Garland
Tall, somber, grim, against the morning sky They rise, scarce touched by melancholy airs, Which stir the fadeless foliage dreamfully, As if from realms of mystical despairs.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
