Meaning

5 senses
  1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.

    schläfrig

    со́нныйsónnyj, сонли́выйsonlívyj, за́спанныйzáspannyj

    со́ннийsónnyj, за́спанийzáspanyj, сонли́вийsonlývyj

  2. Suggesting tiredness.

  3. Tending to induce sleep.

    a sleepy drink or potion

  4. (figuratively)Dull; lazy.

  5. (figuratively)Quiet; without bustle or activity.

    a sleepy English village

    verschlafen

More definitions
  • ready to fall asleep

Examples

1118 sentences
  1. Tom told me he wasn't sleepy.

    Том сказав мені, що не хоче спати.

    ruТом сказал мне, что не хочет спать.

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  2. Tom says he's feeling very sleepy.

    Том каже, що він дуже хоче спати.

    ruТом говорит, что ему очень хочется спать.

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  3. Tom said he's not sleepy yet.

    Том сказав, що ще не хоче спати.

    ruТом сказал, что ещё не хочет спать.

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  4. Tom said he isn't sleepy yet.

    Том сказав, що ще не хоче спати.

    ruТом сказал, что ещё не хочет спать.

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  5. You don't look like you're sleepy.

    Не схоже, що ти хочеш спати.

    ruНе похоже, чтобы ты хотел спать.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
feeling the need for sleep:
Русский
By meaning 1
feeling the need for sleep:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
feeling the need for sleep:
quiet; without bustle or activity:

Origin

From Middle English slepy, from Old English *slǣpiġ (attested in unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”)),

From Middle English slepy, from Old English *slǣpiġ (attested in unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”)), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpag (“sleepy”), equivalent to sleep + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian släipich (“sleepy”), West Frisian sliepich (“sleepy”), dialectal Dutch slapig, slepig (“sleepy”), German Low German slapig, släpig, slöpig (“sleepy”), archaic German schlafig (“sleepy”).

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Forms

sleepier, sleepiest
Comparativesleepier Lesson
Superlativesleepiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

99 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

21 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • be very sleepy
  • feel sleepy
  • getting sleepy
  • looked sleepy
  • too sleepy to
  • a little sleepy
  • to be sleepy
  • often feel sleepy
  • would be sleepy
  • seem very sleepy
  • kind of sleepy
  • was too sleepy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sleepy — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto