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Synonyms for hazily

Grammar : Adv
Spell : hey-zee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈheɪ zi

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Définition of hazily

Origin :
  • 1620s, hawsey, nautical, of unknown origin. Some connect it with German hase "hare," an animal which plays an important part in Germanic folklore, with many supernatural and unlucky aspects in medieval times (among the superstitions: a dead hare should not be brought aboard a fishing ship, and the word hare should not be spoken at sea). Another suggestion is Old English hasu, haswe "gray." Related: Hazily; haziness.
  • As in obscurely : adv dimly
  • As in vaguely : adv unclearly
Example sentences :
  • Hours later, Lancaster was hazily aware of lying stretched on the floor.
  • Extract from : « Security » by Poul William Anderson
  • Now, at last, he had no cunning, and he was hazily conscious of his ineffectiveness.
  • Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum
  • "Us goes up to heaven in a whirlpool and has an awful doom," said Peter hazily.
  • Extract from : « Furze the Cruel » by John Trevena
  • It impressed him, hazily, as just the very hat to look ripping on an ash-blonde.
  • Extract from : « The Bandbox » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Hazily I became aware that the dark room was become flooded with figures.
  • Extract from : « The Devil Doctor » by Sax Rohmer
  • Hazily I became aware that the dark room was flooded with figures.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu » by Sax Rohmer
  • It was and is hazily associated with the negation of religion.
  • Extract from : « The Victorian Age in Literature » by G. K. Chesterton
  • She opened her eyes slowly, and stared dully, hazily before her.
  • Extract from : « From the Housetops » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • But she hazily wanted some one to whom she could say what she thought.
  • Extract from : « Main Street » by Sinclair Lewis
  • They hazily saw infinitely small units grouped into planetary formations to form practically dimensionless particles.
  • Extract from : « Skylark Three » by Edward Elmer Smith
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