sleepy
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Is sleepy a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of sleepy?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (figurative) Dull; lazy.Examples: "'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to speedily and strongly."Synonyms: heavy, sluggishfiguratively
2. (figurative) Quiet; without bustle or activity.Examples: "a sleepy English village"; "Experts believe a pandemic welfare programme for poorer Brazilians has encouraged robbers to plan bold raids in sleepy regional cities where bank branches are storing more cash."; "Usually sleepy border crossings into Kazakhstan and Mongolia have also been overwhelmed by the sudden influx of Russians looking for a way out."figuratively
noun (English)
1. (informal, uncountable or in the plural) The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound.Examples: ""Did he always leave the sleepy in his eyes?" "Never removed it; let it build up in the comers of his eyes over the weeks until it was heavy enough to fall […]"; "But the nightdress was heavy, the sleepy in her eyes was heavy, her hair (she made a mustache of one of its locks) was heavy and smelled of cigarettes […]"Synonyms: sleepin-pluralinformaluncountable
2. (Australia) Shingleback.Australiacountableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary