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Definition: Meaning of, sleepy in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈsliːpi /

  • adjective
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Positive Comparative Superlative
sleepy sleepier sleepiest
  1. tired and ready to sleep
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  2. a sleepy town or area is very quiet, and not much happens there
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sleepy used in phrases

  • Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The
    1. (1820) a popular story by Washington IRVING in which the main character, Ichabod CRANE, rides quickly through a frightening place called Sleepy Hollow because he thinks he is being chased by a HEADLESS HORSEMAN
  • sleepy dick (noun)
    1. common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States
  • sleepy sickness (noun)
    1. an encephalitis that was epidemic between 1915 and 1926; symptoms include paralysis of the extrinsic eye muscle and extreme muscular weakness
  • sleepy-eyed (adjective)
    1. ready to fall asleep
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