DROWSY

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. "When I am drowsy." Shak. Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak. To our age's drowsy blood Still shouts the inspiring sea. Lowell.

2.
a.

Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific. The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good. Tennyson.

3.
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Dull; stupid. " Drowsy reasoning." Atterbury.


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