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sleep·y
 sleepy
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- pronunciation:
- sli
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| inflections: |
sleepier, sleepiest |
| definition 1: |
needing or tending to sleep; drowsy.
- synonyms:
- dozy, drowsy, somnolent, soporific
- antonyms:
- awake, wakeful
- similar words:
- comatose, fatigued, languid, lethargic, slumberous, torpid, weary
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| definition 2: |
inactive or dull.
a sleepy town- synonyms:
- idle, inactive, passive
- antonyms:
- bustling
- similar words:
- dull, languid, lethargic, listless, phlegmatic, slow, sluggish, spiritless
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| related words: |
asleep, dormant, logy, quiet |
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| derivations: |
sleepily (adv.), sleepiness (n.) |
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