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yawny

American  
[yaw-nee] / ˈjɔ ni /

adjective

yawnier, yawniest
  1. emitting or causing yawns.

    yawny spectators; a yawny debate.


Etymology

Origin of yawny

First recorded in 1795–1805; yawn + -y 1


Example Sentences

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And what I knew about Napa was that it was someone else’s exorbitant fantasyland — yawny and pampering.

From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2019

The gulf between the National League-leading Los Angeles Dodgers and the bunched-up teams below, from St. Louis to Philadelphia, was not so wide or so yawny.

From Time Magazine Archive

He still wasn’t happy being dragged out of bed so early, but had somehow managed to get dressed despite feeling all yawny and stiff.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

"Lady," said McGuire at length, "I begin to feel sort of yawny and sleepy, like."

From Alcatraz by Max Brand

They were all yawny, and some were grumpy, but I had washed my being in the sunrise and felt as blithesome as the day.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

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