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Drowsy
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. "When I am drowsy." Shak. Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak. To our age's drowsy blood Still shouts the inspiring sea. Lowell.
2. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific. The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good. Tennyson.
3. Dull; stupid. " Drowsy reasoning." Atterbury.
Synonyms: Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid.