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
Recent Examples on the Web
With her tenth novel, Tell Me Everything, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout returns to the sleepy coastal town of Crosby, Maine, the fictional setting of her 2008 best-seller Olive Kitteridge, to catch up with three of her most beloved characters.
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Shannon Carlin, TIME, 22 May 2024
Have After-Dinner Drinks For a sleepy town that formerly lived by a lights-out-by-eight mentality, there are plenty of places to imbibe, from a few local breweries to Tin Whiskey Southern Kitchen & Still, one of the newest additions to the food scene.
—Marisa Spyker, Southern Living, 20 May 2024
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Shannon Carlin, TIME, 22 May 2024
Have After-Dinner Drinks For a sleepy town that formerly lived by a lights-out-by-eight mentality, there are plenty of places to imbibe, from a few local breweries to Tin Whiskey Southern Kitchen & Still, one of the newest additions to the food scene.
—Marisa Spyker, Southern Living, 20 May 2024
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“Sleepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepy. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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