adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A messenger from the mill woke the bleary -eyed Thompson at 3:00 a.m.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alexander wakes with a start, gives a visitor a perplexed, somewhat bleary stare, then melts blissfully back into slumber.
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For most people breakfast is a time to renew contact with the world, often through bleary eyes at best.
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I checked the clock, squinting through bleary eyes.
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We pull on our coats with bleary yanks as the alcohol works its universal spell, and bump out the door.