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   Sleep·y

   /ˈslēpē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. needing or ready for sleep: "the wine had made her sleepy" Similar drowsytiredsomnolentlanguidlanguorousheavy-eyeddozynoddingasleep on one's feetyawninglethargicsluggishinactiveenervatedtorpidcomatoseinformal:snoozydopeyyawnyliterary:slumberousrare:oscitantslumbersomeOpposite awakealert
   • ▪ showing the effects of sleep: "she rubbed her sleepy eyes"
   • ▪ inducing sleep; soporific: "the sleepy heat of the afternoon" Similar soporificsleep-inducingsomnolenthypnoticOpposite energizinginvigorating
   • ▪ (of a place) without much activity: "he turned off the road into a sleepy little town" Similar quietpeacefultranquilplacidslow-movinginactivedullboringbackwaterbackwoodsinformal:one-horseOpposite busy
   • ▪ (of a business, organization, or industry) lacking the ability or will to respond to change; not dynamic: "it was once a sleepy subsidiary of Foster & Sykes"

   Derivatives

   • 1. sleepily adverb

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