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Adjective: sleepy (sleepier,sleepiest)  slee-pee
  1. Ready to fall asleep
    "beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"
    - sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded

Derived forms: sleepiest, sleepier

See also: asleep, sleep, sleepily, sleepiness

Encyclopedia: Sleepy