1. Half asleep; SYN. drowsing, dozy, dozing, napping, nodding.
2. Showing lack of attention or boredom; SYN. oscitant, yawning.
Ready to fall asleep; SYN. sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded.
1. Inclined to or marked by drowsiness; SYN. slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent.
2. Quiet and tranquil; SYN. slumbrous.
3. Inviting or causing slumber
ETYM French somnolent, Latin somnolentus, from somnus sleep, akin to Greek hypnos, Skr. svapna sleep, dream, svap to sleep, Icel. sofa, as. swefn sleep. Related to Hypnotic, Somnambulism, Soporific.
Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.
Sleepy; causing, or resembling, sleep.
In a sleepy manner.