sleepy

Definition of sleepy in English English dictionary: The gum that builds up in the eye
But the nightdress was heavy, the sleepy in her eyes was heavy, her hair (she made a mustache of one of its locks) was heavy and smelled of cigarettes.; Tired; feeling the need for sleep; {a} causing sleep, drowsy, heavy, sluggish; A sleepy place is quiet and does not have much activity or excitement. Valence is a sleepy little town just south of Lyon; Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep; Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion; Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security; Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish; If you are sleepy, you are very tired and are almost asleep. I was beginning to feel amazingly sleepy + sleepily sleepi·ly Joanna sat up, blinking sleepily. + sleepiness sleepi·ness He tried to fight the sleepiness that overwhelmed him; ready to fall asleep; "beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"; "sleepyheaded students"; ready to fall asleep; "beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"; "sleepyheaded students; {s} drowsy, tired, needing to sleep; quiet; slow, sluggish; somnolent; slumbery; sleepbound
sleepy cod: Oxyeleotris lineolatus, a medium-sized freshwater fish native to tropical regions of northern Australia
sleepy head: A very tired person
Hey now sleepy head, it's time for you to go to bed.
sleepy sickness: Encephalitis lethargica; acute inflammation of the brain which causes drowsiness and mental disease
sleepily: {a} drowsily, heavily, stupidly, lazily
sleepiness: {n} drowsiness, heaviness, dulness
Legend of Sleepy Hollow: 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 (1820)
sleepier: comparative of sleepy
sleepiest: superlative of sleepy
sleepily: in a sleepy manner, drowsily
sleepily: In a sleepy manner; drowsily
sleepily: in a sleepy manner; "the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car"
sleepily: in a sleepy manner; "the two children who were snuggled sleepily in the back of the car
sleepily: In a sleepy manner
sleepiness: The property of being sleepy
sleepiness: a very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving accidents
sleepiness: {i} state of being sleepy, drowsiness
sleepiness: a very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving accidents"
sleepiness: The quality or state of being sleepy