Silly about holding English record in a dozy way (8)

I believe the answer is:

sleepily

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'in a dozy way' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'silly about holding english record' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'holding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'record' becomes 'ep' (abbreviation for extended play record).
'silly' is an anagram of 'slily'.
'e'+'ep'='eep'
'slily' placed around 'eep' is 'SLEEPILY'.

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(Another definition for sleepily that I've seen is " In somnolent manner".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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