Definitions for: Sleepy

[adj] ready to fall asleep; "beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"; "sleepyheaded students"

Webster (1913) Definition: Sleep"y, a. [Compar. Sleepier; superl. Sleepiest.]
[AS. sl?pig. See Sleep, n.]
1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. --Shak.

She waked her sleepy crew. --Dryden.

2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a
sleepy drink or potion. --Chaucer.

3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. --Shak.

'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to
speedily and strongly. --Shak.

4. Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy
security.

Sleepy duck (Zo["o]l.), the ruddy duck.

Synonyms: asleep(p), sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded

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