- 1needing sleep; ready to go to sleep synonym drowsy a sleepy child He had begun to feel sleepy. The heat and the wine made her sleepy.
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- 2(of places) quiet and where nothing much happens a sleepy little town
NAmE//ˈslipəli//
adverb She yawned sleepily. NAmE//ˈslipinəs//
noun [uncountable]See sleepy in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: sleepy