sleepy

sleepy
sleepy early 13c., from SLEEP (Cf. sleep) (n.) + -Y (Cf. -y) (2). Related: Sleepily; sleepiness.

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  • Sleepy — Sleep y, a. [Compar. {Sleepier}; superl. {Sleepiest}.] [AS. sl?pig. See {Sleep}, n.] 1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak. [1913 Webster] She waked her sleepy crew. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sleepy — [slē′pē] adj. sleepier, sleepiest 1. ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy 2. not very active; dull; quiet [a sleepy little town] 3. of, causing, or showing drowsiness SYN. SLEEPY applies to a person who is nearly overcome by a desire to sleep and,… …   English World dictionary

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  • sleepy — slē pē adj, sleep·i·er; est ready to fall asleep sleep·i·ness pē nəs n …   Medical dictionary

  • sleepy — [adj] tired, dull asleep, blah*, comatose, dopey*, dozy, draggy, drowsy, heavy, hypnotic, inactive, lethargic, listless, out*, out of it*, quiet, sleeping, sleepyhead*, slow, sluggish, slumberous, slumbersome, snoozy*, somnolent, soporific,… …   New thesaurus

  • sleepy — ► ADJECTIVE (sleepier, sleepiest) 1) needing or ready for sleep. 2) (of a place) without much activity. 3) not dynamic or able to respond to change. DERIVATIVES sleepily adverb sleepiness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • SLEEPY — Doctorwhobook title=SLEEPY series=Virgin New Adventures number= 48 featuring=Seventh Doctor Bernice, Chris, Roz writer=Kate Orman publisher=Virgin Books isbn= ISBN 0 426 20465 4 pages= date=March 1996 preceding=Warchild following=Death and… …   Wikipedia

  • sleepy — adj. 1 ready to go to sleep VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, sound ▪ become, get, grow ▪ make sb …   Collocations dictionary

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