slumberous

American  

[sluhm-ber-uhs, sluhm-bruhs] / ˈslʌm bər əs, ˈslʌm brəs /

Also slumbrous

adjective

1. sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.

2. causing or inducing sleep.

3. pertaining to, characterized by, or suggestive of slumber.

4. inactive or sluggish; calm or quiet.

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slumberous British  

/ ˈslʌmbərəs, -brəs /

adjective

1. sleepy; drowsy

2. inducing sleep

3. characteristic of slumber

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Other Word Forms

• slumberously adverb
• slumberousness noun
• unslumbrous adjective

Etymology

Origin of slumberous

First recorded in 1485–95; slumber + -ous

Example Sentences

But even as the city was modernized, Stalingrad's color and flavor still derived from the life teeming on the many-storied landing stages of the broad, slumberous Volga.

From Time Magazine Archive

After a slumberous afternoon in which the gallery attendants glared at dozers,* the bill came to passage.

From Time Magazine Archive

None of the songs on Spice, from the slumberous ballad 2 Become 1 to the bass-heavy party jam Something Kinda Funny, come across as deeply felt; they all seem designed to amuse, titillate, ingratiate.

From Time Magazine Archive

So powerfully does Author O'Donnell evoke the slumberous qualities in his scene that readers may often find their eyes closing softly, their breathing growing regular and even, the book slipping from their nerveless fingers.

From Time Magazine Archive

A slumberous cloud partially shrouded its dark heights.

From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Morgan, Louisa