sleepy
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsliːpi/
sleepy (comparative sleepier, superlative sleepiest)
- Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
- She wak'd her sleepy crew.
- Suggesting tiredness.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
- 1994, Stephen Fry, The Hippopotamus Chapter 2
- Tending to induce sleep; soporific.
- a sleepy drink or potion
- Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish.
- 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene v]:
- 'Tis not sleepy business;
But must be looked to speedily and strongly.
- Quiet; without bustle or activity.
- a sleepy English village
- tired
- See also Thesaurus:sleepy
- French: somnolent, ensommeillé, ensuqué
- German: schläfrig
- Italian: assonnato, sonnolento
- Portuguese: sonolento, com sono
- Russian: со́нный
- Spanish: cansado, adormecido, sueño, soñoliento
- French: endormi
- German: verschlafen
sleepy (uncountable)
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