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Definition of Drowsy

1. Adjective. Half asleep. "The nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair"

2. Adjective. Showing lack of attention or boredom. "The yawning congregation"

Definition of Drowsy

1. a. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.

Definition of Drowsy

1. Adjective. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. ¹

2. Adjective. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific. ¹

3. Adjective. Dull; stupid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drowsy

1. sleepy [adj DROWSIER, DROWSIEST] : DROWSILY [adv] - See also: sleepy

Medical Definition of Drowsy

1. 1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. "When I am drowsy." "Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray." (Shak) "To our age's drowsy blood Still shouts the inspiring sea." (Lowell) 2. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific. "The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good." (Tennyson) 3. Dull; stupid. " Drowsy reasoning." Synonym: Sleepy, lethargic, dozy, somnolent, comatose, dull heavy, stupid. Origin: Drowsier; Drowsiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drowsy

drowns drows drowse drowse off drowsed drowses drowsier drowsiest drowsihead drowsihed

drowsily drowsiness drowsinesses drowsing drowsing(a) drowsy (current term) drowth drowths droxicam droxidopa

droyle droyled drub drubbed drubber drubbers drubbing drubbings drubs drucken

Literary usage of Drowsy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Seasons by Joseph Haydn (1839)
"And from her wintry grave Bid drowsy na - ture rise. J> _n /*_ *г Г1 I Ak I KTJ come ! come ! And from her wintry grave Bid drowsy na - ture rise. from (her ..."

2. Lyrics of Lowly Life by Paul Laurence Dunbar, William Dean Howells (1897)
"A drowsy DAY. THE air is dark, the sky is gray, The misty shadows come and go, ... Each slightest sound is magnified, For drowsy quiet holds her reign ..."

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