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slumbery

adj

Etymology

From Middle English slumbry, slombry, slomry, equivalent to slumber + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch slumerich (“slumbery”).

  1. inherited from slumbry

Definitions

  1. Inclined to sleep

    Inclined to sleep; sleepy or sleeping; (by extension) quiet and slow-paced.

    • Only the upper part of her body is awake, and even that droops with a slumbery weakness.
    • “Yes, miss. He found you outside on the portico. You were wet and cold and all slumbery.” “Slumbery?” Susannah scrunched her nose at the sound of the word. “Asleep, miss. He couldn't wake you.” Colleen took Susannah's hand.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA