sleepy
IPA: sɫˈipi
noun
- (informal, uncountable or in the plural) The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound.
- (Australia) Shingleback.
adjective
- Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
- Suggesting tiredness.
- Tending to induce sleep.
- (figurative) Dull; lazy.
- (figurative) Quiet; without bustle or activity.
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Examples of "sleepy" in Sentences
- I feel slothful and sleepy.
- Sleepy babies have tantrum.
- A baby is somnolent and sleepy.
- I'm too sleepy to summarize the article.
- Misato actually sounded sleepy in the morning
- Ventilation was poor and the men became sleepy.
- Juan is the sleepy master of the training center.
- The setting is the sleepy lighthouse town of Piedras Blancas.
- Feathery blanket always makes me sleepy when I get on the bed.
- Students then choose to matriculate to Sleepy Hollow High School.