reverie
a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing: lost in reverie.
a daydream.
a fantastic, visionary, or impractical idea: reveries that will never come to fruition.
Music. an instrumental composition of a vague and dreamy character.
Origin of reverie
1- Sometimes rev·er·y .
Other words for reverie
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How to use reverie in a sentence
Kano leaned forward from time to time, filling the small cup which Tatsu—half in revery it seemed—had once more drained.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaMusa, having satisfied hunger, sat with his long eyelashes cast down in dreamy Oriental revery.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisAnd the great Duke strode on, his head bowed in deep revery, while Richard drew new strength and peace from his mere presence.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisSo Mary sat in her revery, her thoughts as dark as the ebony table beneath her eyes.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisThen he fell into a fit of revery so prolonged that Elizabeth nestled uneasily in the strong circle of his arm.
And So They Were Married | Florence Morse Kingsley
British Dictionary definitions for reverie
revery
/ (ˈrɛvərɪ) /
an act or state of absent-minded daydreaming: to fall into a reverie
a piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream
archaic a fanciful or visionary notion; daydream
Origin of reverie
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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