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sleep·y
 sleepy
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- pronunciation:
- sli
pi
- 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 |
adverb + (adj.)sleepy
bit, chronically, little, normally, strangely, suddenly
(adj.)sleepy
+ noun
afternoon,
backwater,
bay,
bedtime,
blanket,
burg,
calm,
cow,
creek,
crossroads,
depot,
doc,
driver,
eye,
eyelid,
farm,
farming,
fishing,
fly,
gal,
grin,
hamlet,
haze,
hollow,
lagoon,
lid,
lion,
manor,
mile,
mist,
nap,
navy,
neighborhood,
outpost,
pace,
puppy,
reply,
resort,
rhythm,
seaside,
sickness,
sleep,
smile,
suburb,
toddler,
town,
try,
village,
voice,
yawn
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| derivations: |
sleepily (adv.), sleepiness (n.) |
The word sleepy
contains the following part:
-y1, -ey
Old English
adjective-forming suffix
that means characterized by; full of; tending to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -y1, -ey
attaches to nouns and a few verbs to form adjectives.
Example words:
bony, bouncy, chancy, chewy, crunchy, curly, dirty, dressy, fatty, flowery, foggy, funny, gooey, guilty, healthy, itchy, jumpy, kinky, lucky, messy, nosy, rainy, rickety, runny, salty, sandy, shaky, sleepy, spacy, springy, summery, sunny, wintry, wobbly, wiggly
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