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slumbery

[ sluhm-buh-ree ]
/ ˈslʌm bə ri /
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adjective Archaic.

slumberous.

Words related to slumbery

slow, out, quiet, sleeping, yawning, asleep, blah, comatose, dopey, drowsy, heavy, hypnotic, inactive, lethargic, listless, sluggish, slumberous, somnolent, soporific, torpid

Words nearby slumbery

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

Origin of slumbery

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

OTHER WORDS FROM slumbery

un·slum·ber·y, adjective
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Examples from the Web for slumbery

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

    A Dream of Empire|William Henry Venable

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

    Tell England|Ernest Raymond