sleepier

Adjective

sleepy (comparative sleepier, superlative sleepiest)

1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
   • She wak'd her sleepy crew.1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   tired

2. Suggesting tiredness.
   • At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles...1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus

   Synonyms:

   jaded, weary, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out, spent, wrecked

3. Tending to induce sleep.
   • a sleepy drink or potion

   Synonyms:

   hypnotic, soporific, dormitive, hypnic, slumberous, somniferous, somnific, somnolent, soporiferous, soporous

4. (figuratively) Dull; lazy.
   • 'Tis not sleepy business;
     But must be looked to speedily and strongly.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

   Synonyms:

   heavy, sluggish

5. (figuratively) Quiet; without bustle or activity.
   • a sleepy English village

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