dreamy

Universal Words adjective (dreamier, dreamiest) 1 looking as though you are thinking about other things and not paying attention to what is happening around you: She had a dreamy look in her eyes. * a dreamy expression 2 (of a person or an idea) imaginative, but not very realistic: Paul was dreamy and not very practical. 3 as if you are in a dream or asleep: He moved in the dreamy way of a man in a state of shock. 4 (informal) pleasant and gentle; that makes you feel relaxed: a slow, dreamy melody 5 (informal) beautiful; wonderful: What's he like? I bet he's really dreamy. dreamily adverb: 'I have lots of happy memories,' she said dreamily. * He gazed dreamily out of the window. dreaminess noun [U]: She was feeling the same romantic dreaminess she had felt as a young girl.