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[ slee-pee ] / ˈsli pi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sleepy ON THESAURUS.COM
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 sleepyMiddle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at sleep, -y1 SYNONYMS FOR sleepy1 tired, somnolent, slumberous. SEE SYNONYMS FOR sleepy ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM sleepysleep·i·ly, adverbsleep·i·ness, nounun·sleep·y, adjectiveWords nearby sleepysleep-wake cycle, sleepwalk, sleepwalking, sleepwear, sleep with, sleepy, sleepyhead, Sleepy Hollow chair, sleet, sleety, sleeve Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sleepyThese top athletes have tricks to get even the sleepiest out of bed for an outing you won’t regret. The Definitive Guide to Dawn Patrol|Outside Editors|October 16, 2020|Outside Online Even when Redfield was allowed to speak publicly, his sleepy eyes and soft, droning tone anesthetized listeners. Inside the Fall of the CDC|by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg|October 15, 2020|ProPublica As fun as it is to scroll through Instagram at night, all that blue light is blocking out the hormone melatonin, which helps you get sleepy. The best products for a better night’s sleep|PopSci Commerce Team|September 30, 2020|Popular Science The film helps to draw scores of visitors to this sleepy river town year after year. Riding Thailand’s WWII Death Railway|Liza Foreman|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
BIRKIANI, Georgia — Time seems to stop in this sleepy Georgian village high in the green mountains of the Pankisi Gorge. ISIS Is Putin’s Problem, Too, and This Chechen Is One Reason Why.|Anna Nemtsova|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Last year Fox gifted the world with the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” retelling we never knew we needed. Naked Ben Franklin Christens the Campy Return of ‘Sleepy Hollow’|Amy Zimmerman|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST But it was a shadow of its former self: sleepy, unprofitable, and not particularly confident about its complicated past. Pancakes and Pickaninnies: The Saga of ‘Sambo’s,’ The ‘Racist’ Restaurant Chain America Once Loved|Andrew Romano|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST 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. A Little Too Off the Beaten Path in Burma|Katya Cengel|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was in the old school by the cross-roads, one sleepy September afternoon. Secret of the Woods|William J. Long Confused and feeling guilty, he stumbled over to it and answered the call in a cracked, sleepy voice. Beginners Luck|Emily Hahn Presently a thrush began to sing hard by, and with a little stretch and a sleepy sigh Tamara opened her big blue eyes. Cornwall's Wonderland|Mabel Quiller-Couch All the same, doctor, if you can give me something to overcome this sleepy feeling I shall be glad. The Dreadnought of the Air|Percy F. Westerman Besides, I think I've told you all I wanted to; probably you're sleepy too. A Sportsman's Sketches|Ivan Turgenev
British Dictionary definitions for sleepy
adjective sleepier or sleepiestinclined to or needing sleep; drowsy characterized by or exhibiting drowsiness, sluggishness, etc conducive to sleep; soporific without activity or bustlea sleepy town Derived forms of sleepysleepily, adverbsleepiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sleepylistless, sluggish, lethargic, drowsy, quiet, asleep, blah, comatose, dopey, heavy, hypnotic, inactive, out, sleeping, slow, somnolent, soporific, torpid, slumberous, dozy |