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Word entry · 6 letters

sleepy

Best crossword clue

"Ready for bed"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsliːpi/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eelpsyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. ready to fall asleep

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • She wak'd her sleepy crew.
  • a sleepy drink or potion
  • 'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to speedily and strongly.

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