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sleepier - 2 dictionary results

sleep⋅y

[slee-pee]
–adjective, sleep⋅i⋅er, sleep⋅i⋅est.
1. ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
2. of or showing drowsiness.
3. languid; languorous: a sleepy gesture.
4. lethargic; sluggish: a sleepy brook.
5. quiet: a sleepy village.
6. inducing sleep; soporific: sleepy warmth.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME; see sleep, -y 1


sleep⋅i⋅ly, adverb
sleep⋅i⋅ness, noun


1. tired, somnolent, slumberous.
sleep·y   (slē'pē)   
adj.   sleep·i·er, sleep·i·est
    1. Ready for or needing sleep.
    2. Sluggish from sleep.
  1. Inducing sleep.
  2. Inactive; quiet: a sleepy rural town.
sleep'i·ly adv., sleep'i·ness n.
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