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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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
At the time, Positano was still a sleepy fishing village.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 July 2025
Sometimes, on special nights, my brother and I slept with our mother, but the closeness, the promise and reality of love in that sleepy warmth, evaporated during the day.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
Born in Oldenzaal, a sleepy Dutch city, Roord has the game in her DNA.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for sleepy
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“Sleepy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepy. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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