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Definition of Sleepy
1. Adjective. Ready to fall asleep. "Sleepyheaded students"
Definition of Sleepy
1. a. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep.
Definition of Sleepy
1. Adjective. Tired; feeling the need for sleep. ¹
2. Adjective. Suggesting tiredness. ¹
3. Noun. (informal) The gum that builds up in the eye ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sleepy
1. ready or inclined to sleep [adj SLEEPIER, SLEEPIEST] : SLEEPILY [adv]
Medical Definition of Sleepy
1.
1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. "She waked her sleepy crew." (Dryden)
2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion.
3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. "'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to speedily and strongly." (Shak)
4. Characterised by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sleepy
Literary usage of Sleepy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1859)
"THE LEGEND OF sleepy HOLLOW. FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OP THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.
A pleasing land of drowsy bead it was, Of dreams that wave before ..."
2. School Reading by Grades: First[-eighth] Year by James Baldwin (1897)
"Here is the " Legend of sleepy Hollow," which we have abridged in order to ...
In a remote period of American history, there 20 lived in sleepy Hollow a ..."
3. A Reprint of Annual Reports and Other Papers on the Geology of the Virginias by William Barton Rogers (1884)
"... the Third hill composing its eastern and the sleepy ... Opposite to Green
spring gap in the Little North mountain both the sleepy ..."
4. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"HAVING pitched my tent, probably for the remainder of my days, in the neighborhood
of sleepy Hollow, I am tempted to give some few particulars concerning ..."
5. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1898)
"sleepy was too la/y to wince when it came swerving in at him, and he was too
cautious to strike at it, because it was too close to the handle. " Strike two! ..."
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