moonily

• Veraltetes oder poetisches Adverb mit der Bedeutung „verträumt, romantisch oder zerstreut“, als stünde man unter dem Einfluss des Mondes. Im modernen Englisch selten und als literarisch oder veraltet geltend.

An archaic or poetic adverb meaning "in a dreamy, romantic, or absent-minded manner," as if influenced by the moon. It is rarely used in modern English and is considered literary or obsolete.

1. In a dreamy mannerC1informal

   In a way that is dreamy, romantic, or lost in thought, as if gazing at the moon.

   Verträumt

   • She stared moonily out the window, thinking of her vacation.
   • He smiled moonily at the photograph of his beloved.
   • They walked moonily along the beach, hand in hand.

   Synonymeabsentlydreamilymusinglypensivelyromanticallywistfully