The meaning of もそもそ/ mosomoso when describes someone getting up in the morning


When reading, I met this word and don't understand much (my guess is that it
means "tired and slowly getting up"). The sentence describes a character who's
waking up in the morning.

> もそもそと起き上がり、布団を片付ける。




According to
[日本国語大辞典](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%82%82%E3%81%9D%E3%82%82%E3%81%9D/)
the word means:

> ［副］(スル)「もぞもぞ2」に同じ。「―と起き上がる」

Aka it has the same meaning as definition 2 of もぞもぞ. Looking at the [same
dictionary's
definition](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%82%82%E3%81%9E%E3%82%82%E3%81%9E/#jn-219200)
for もぞもぞ:

> ２ 動作や態度がはっきりしないさま。また、落ち着かないようすで、からだの一部分を動かすさま。もそもそ。「ばつが悪そうに―している」

My translation:

> Movements or attitude are not distinct. Or, an appearance of not being calm
> and having one part of the body moving. Also もそもそ.

I'm guessing it's the former meaning as the latter seems not as related. I
think in this case, the movements of the person getting up are not distinct,
likely because of being under the covers.

