Slumbery
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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 inclined to or marked by drowsiness wordnet
Example
More examples"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”).