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slumbery

[ sluhm-buh-ree ]
/ ˈslʌm bə ri /
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adjective Archaic.
slumberous.
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Origin of slumbery

1350–1400; Middle English slombry, slomry;see slumber, -y1

OTHER WORDS FROM slumbery

un·slum·ber·y, adjective

Words nearby slumbery

slumber, slumberland, slumberous, slumber party, slumbershade, slumbery, slumdweller, slumgullion, slumism, slumlord, slummy
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Words related to slumbery

out, quiet, sleeping, slow, yawning, asleep, blah, comatose, dopey, dozy, draggy, drowsy, heavy, hypnotic, inactive, lethargic, listless, out of it, sleepyhead, sluggish

How to use slumbery in a sentence

  • So the passage down the full and slumbery Fal seemed nearly a soundless thing.

    Tell England|Ernest Raymond

  • I awoke to the 'slumbery agitation' of today's evil chances.

    A Dream of Empire|William Henry Venable
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