sleepy

[ slee-pee ]

/ ˈsli pi /

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adjective, sleep·i·er, sleep·i·est.

ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.

of or showing drowsiness.

languid; languorous: a sleepy gesture.

lethargic; sluggish: a sleepy brook.

quiet: a sleepy village.

inducing sleep; soporific: sleepy warmth.

Origin of sleepy

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at sleep, -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR sleepy

1 tired, somnolent, slumberous.

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OTHER WORDS FROM sleepy

sleep·i·ly, adverb sleep·i·ness, noun un·sleep·y, adjective

Words nearby sleepy

sleepover, sleepshirt, sleepwalk, sleepwalking, sleepwear, sleepy, sleepy hollow chair, sleepyhead, sleet, sleety, sleeve

Example sentences from the Web for sleepy

The film helps to draw scores of visitors to this sleepy river town year after year.

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BIRKIANI, Georgia — Time seems to stop in this sleepy Georgian village high in the green mountains of the Pankisi Gorge.

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Last year Fox gifted the world with the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” retelling we never knew we needed.

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But it was a shadow of its former self: sleepy, unprofitable, and not particularly confident about its complicated past.

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Now she is grateful for the jobs the tourist boom has brought to her once sleepy town, but admits it has taken away other jobs.

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It was in the old school by the cross-roads, one sleepy September afternoon.

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Confused and feeling guilty, he stumbled over to it and answered the call in a cracked, sleepy voice.

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Presently a thrush began to sing hard by, and with a little stretch and a sleepy sigh Tamara opened her big blue eyes.

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All the same, doctor, if you can give me something to overcome this sleepy feeling I shall be glad.

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Besides, I think I've told you all I wanted to; probably you're sleepy too.

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British Dictionary definitions for sleepy

sleepy

/ (ˈsliːpɪ) /

adjective sleepier or sleepiest

inclined to or needing sleep; drowsy

characterized by or exhibiting drowsiness, sluggishness, etc

conducive to sleep; soporific

without activity or bustle a sleepy town

Derived forms of sleepy

sleepily, adverb sleepiness, noun

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sleepy

adjective, sleep·i·er, sleep·i·est.

Origin of sleepy

SYNONYMS FOR sleepy

OTHER WORDS FROM sleepy

Words nearby sleepy

Example sentences from the Web for sleepy

British Dictionary definitions for sleepy

adjective sleepier or sleepiest

Derived forms of sleepy

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

sleepy

adjective, sleep·i·er, sleep·i·est.

Origin of sleepy

SYNONYMS FOR sleepy

OTHER WORDS FROM sleepy

Words nearby sleepy

Words related to sleepy

Example sentences from the Web for sleepy

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adjective sleepier or sleepiest

Derived forms of sleepy

British Dictionary definitions for sleepy