Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Sleepy; drowsy.
- adjective Suggestive of or resembling sleep.
- adjective Quiet; tranquil.
- adjective Causing or inducing sleep; soporific.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Inviting or causing sleep; soporific.
- Like slumber; suggesting slumber.
- Nearly asleep; dozing; sleepy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Inviting slumber; soporiferous.
- adjective Being in the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Sleepy ,drowsy . - adjective Sleep-inducing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inclined to or marked by drowsiness
- adjective quiet and tranquil
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Examples
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We are suffering in Britain, I will not say from a decay of patriotism, but from what might be described as a slumberous condition of patriotism today.
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However, we're not here to Taser these slumberous baseball icons.
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She blinked once, slumberous and slow, as she rolled to her side facing him.
Deadly Promises Sherrilyn Kenyon 2010
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A wicked glow lit a stare that lingered too long on me, a slow, slumberous perusal that made my mouth go dry.
The Darkest Edge of Dawn Kelly Gay 2010
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While he began to write more than a dozen dancing women swept into the room from behind the silk hangings in a concerted movement that was all lithe slumberous grace.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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Her freckled cheeks were flushed, her lips still slightly swollen from his loving, her eyes slumberous.
The Devil Wears Plaid Teresa Medeiros 2010
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A wicked glow lit a stare that lingered too long on me, a slow, slumberous perusal that made my mouth go dry.
The Darkest Edge of Dawn Kelly Gay 2010
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A wicked glow lit a stare that lingered too long on me, a slow, slumberous perusal that made my mouth go dry.
The Darkest Edge of Dawn Kelly Gay 2010
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He lay but opened a red eye unsleeping, deep and slowly breathing, slumberous but awake.
Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009
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Culpepper roused a slumberous offense just enough in the fourth quarter Sunday, directing a 50-yard drive that set up a field goal to help Miami beat hapless Tennessee 13-10.
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