sleepy
adjective
ready or inclined to sleep; drowsy.
sleepily
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a word derived from
sleepy.
Example Sentences
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HONOLULU—My roommates woke up, one by one, at sunrise last week, zipping open their suitcases and sleepily walking to the bathroom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
“Mom,” she said as she looked up sleepily, “can you give me my Cheerios?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2024
Husam Abdelgawi, a 31-year-old accountant in the Libyan city of Derna, got up and went sleepily downstairs to check on them, and felt water under his feet.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2023
I like to be up when it’s dark in the morning, to move sleepily around in the dark, working and sipping coffee and listening to music undistracted.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2023
She lay gazing sleepily at the backs of Teddy’s legs.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
