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sleepy

/ˈsliːpi/ adjective A2
  1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
  2. Suggesting tiredness.
  3. Tending to induce sleep. · a sleepy drink or potion
  4. Dull; lazy. (figuratively)
  5. Quiet; without bustle or activity. (figuratively) · a sleepy English village

Comparative sleepier · Superlative sleepiest

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Danglars was tired and sleepy; he therefore went to bed, placing his pocketbook under his pillow.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1066 · C1
But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 5 · C1
Each little Indian sleepy-head
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 9 · C1
'Ain't you 'shamed, you sleepy-head?'
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 11 · C1

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