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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Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Today, Mendocino feels less like a sleepy coastal outpost and more like a place where creative people actually live.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
In recent years, the government even started paying people to move to its sleepy medieval villages.
—Siobhan Reid, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2025
The sunbathers of sleepy Amity Bay are helpless against the unexpected great white shark that hunts their coasts; Spielberg’s talent for suspense, effective horror shocks, and ingenious reinvention of the classic animal-attack movie remain as impressive as ever.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Sleepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepy. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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