sleepier; sleepiest
1
a
: ready to fall asleep
b
: of, relating to, or characteristic of sleep
2
: sluggish as if from sleep : lethargic
also
: having little activity
a sleepy coastal village
3
: sleep-inducing
Examples of sleepy in a Sentence
She felt sleepy and went to bed.
the sleepy children were carried up to bed
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After moving to the sleepy beach resort town of Sanditon, independent Charlotte (Rose Williams) seeks a new start, but finds that her plans are complicated by romance.
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Cady Lang, TIME, 16 May 2024
Popular on Variety In the sleepy town of San Francisco, a drunk nurse (played by Esmeralda Pinzón) switches newborns Andrés Ferreira (Guilera) and Brayan Galindo (Sánchez).
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Cady Lang, TIME, 16 May 2024
Popular on Variety In the sleepy town of San Francisco, a drunk nurse (played by Esmeralda Pinzón) switches newborns Andrés Ferreira (Guilera) and Brayan Galindo (Sánchez).
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 15 May 2024
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“Sleepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepy. Accessed 20 May. 2024.
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