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adv. - In a dreamy manner.

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  • And I'd have to stare at the picture with him and he'd kinda look at it moonily.
  • And he would open up the trombone case every night and take out the picture of this girlfriend, Meredith Auld, and I'd have to stare at the picture with him and he'd kind of...
  • For others, it is activated by a pleasant social experience such as gazing moonily at women.
  • So I sneak into the gallery almost daily, on my way to the London Library, and stare moonily at her (her, because paintings, like ships, are usually female in my mind).
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