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adjective

Sleepy adj. (compar. sleepier; superl. sleepiest)

Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. "She waked her sleepy crew."

Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion.

Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. "'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to speedily and strongly."

Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.

Sleepy duck (Zool.), the ruddy duck.

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Etymology of 'Sleepy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sleepy" Quotes from Famous Books

... tree the Hedgehog With his sleepy eyes looked at him, Shot his shining quills, like arrows, Saying with a drowsy murmur, Through the tangle of his whiskers, "Take ...

— The Children's Own Longfellow • Henry W. Longfellow

... chant that sounded like a psalm. From the interior of the edifice rose the whoopings of brutal laughter, the crash of breaking furniture, and the mad chase of dissolute pursuit. When would this diabolical orgy ever wear itself down? . . . For a long time he was not at all sleepy, but was gradually losing consciousness of what was going on around him when he was roused with a start. Near him, on the same floor, a door had fallen with a crash, unable to resist a succession of formidable batterings. This was followed immediately by the screams of ...

— The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse • Vicente Blasco Ibanez

... this Parliament. Then I with the young ladies and gentlemen, who played on the guittar, and mighty merry, and anon to supper; and then my Lord going away to write, the young gentlemen to flinging of cushions, and other mad sports till towards twelve at night, and then being sleepy, I and my wife in a passage-room to bed, and slept not very well because ...

— The Diary of Samuel Pepys • Samuel Pepys

... window. As the noise disturbed me, I reached out in the dark and caught up something and threw it at the cat, to frighten the creature away. I did not know what it was that I threw, and I was too sleepy to care; but probably it was your shoe, since it ...

— Rinkitink in Oz • L. Frank Baum

... encourage with a chuckle this foolish practice. "Any time to stool you can manage to get, so that you stool at least once a day, or once in every two or three days; stool when it is normal for you to do so." This criminal advice just suits the sleepy, the lazy, or ...

— Intestinal Ills • Alcinous Burton Jamison

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