adverb
- in a dreamy, absent-minded, or romantically sentimental manner
Usage: literary
Examples
- She gazed moonily out the window at the starlit sky.
- He spoke moonily about his childhood summers by the lake.
- The teenager sat moonily in class, thinking about her crush.
- She smiled moonily while reading the love letter.
- He stared moonily at the old photograph on his desk.