adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Inclined to sleep; sleepy or sleeping; (by extension) quiet and slow-paced.

   "Only the upper part of her body is awake, and even that droops with a slumbery weakness."

Adjective

1. 1
   inclined to or marked by drowsiness wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

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Example

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"Only the upper part of her body is awake, and even that droops with a slumbery weakness."

Etymology

From Middle English slumbry, slombry, slomry, equivalent to slumber + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch slumerich (“slumbery”).

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