dreamy

/ˈdri·mi/ adj

Definition

› imagining something pleasant and not giving much attention to what is happening around you, or likely to behave this way often: The music put me into a dreamy mood and for a moment I forgot where I was.

(Definition of dreamy adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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