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slumbry

slumbry is the obsolete form of slumbery.

Meaning of slumbery

Adjective

slumbery (comparative more slumbery, superlative most slumbery)

  1. Inclined to sleep; sleepy or sleeping; (by extension) quiet and slow-paced.
    • Only the upper part of her body is awake, and even that droops with a slumbery weakness.1820, The London Magazine, volume 1, page 405
    Synonyms:
    slumberous, sleepy

Questions about slumbry

What is slumbry the obsolete form of?
Slumbry is the obsolete form of slumbery.

Words near slumbry in the dictionary

  1. slumbres
  2. slumbring
  3. slumbrous
  4. slumbrously
  5. slumbrousness
  6. slumbry
  7. slumburb
  8. slumburbs
  9. slumdog
  10. slumdogs
  11. slumdom

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