Definitions
dreamy in mood or nature
Word origin
From moon + -y.
Used in a sentence
“Her white throat whiter than a moony pearl / Just threaded with a blue vein’s tapestry / Had not yet ceased to throb, and still her breast / Swayed like a wind-stirred lily in ambiguous unrest.”
“And oft at midnight’s moony scene A faded form of ghastly mien Across the waves doth glide; And oft upon the passing gales A plaintive voice the ear assails, When wand’ring by the tide.”
“I peered at his rather featureless face through the moony twilight; and then he suddenly rose and paced the path with the impatience of a schoolboy.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Dreamily distracted”5 letters
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