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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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
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Valerian root, a common ingredient in nighttime sleepy teas, can also cause drowsiness.
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
Trinidad, tucked in northern Humboldt, is a sleepy coastal village with panoramic ocean views and a pace that feels almost timeless.
—Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Valerian root, a common ingredient in nighttime sleepy teas, can also cause drowsiness.
—Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 5 Jan. 2026
But as more people hear about a data center coming to their community, once-sleepy municipal board meetings in farming towns and growing suburbs now feature crowded rooms of angry residents pressuring local officials to reject the requests.
—Marc Levy, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2026
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“Sleepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepy. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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