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# sleepy

«sleepy» in Mova's school dictionary: **tired and ready to sleep** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (sleepy, sleepier, sleepiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sleepy means tired and ready to sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepy/#m1)

2) A sleepy place is quiet, with not much happening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepy/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and health you feel sleepy at bedtime or after a big meal; yawning and heavy eyes are signs. In safety, sleepy drivers are dangerous and some medicines say they make you sleepy. In stories a «sleepy village» is calm and quiet, and «Sleepy» is one of the seven dwarfs. Children who are sleepy in class may need more sleep at night.

### examples

- I feel sleepy after lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepy/#x1)
- The sleepy puppy curled up in its bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepy/#x2)
- We stayed in a sleepy little village by the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepy/#x3)
- She rubbed her sleepy eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepy/#x4)
- This medicine may make you sleepy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepy/#x5)
- The baby gets sleepier after her bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepy/#x6)
- If you feel sleepy, it's time for bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepy/#x7)
- "Nonsense, nonsense!" growled the sleepy Giant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepy/#x8)

### note

Comparative «sleepier», superlative «sleepiest» (y → i). «Sleepy» = ready to sleep; «asleep» = already sleeping; «tired» = needing rest. «Sleepyhead» is a friendly name for someone who is sleepy.

### In the corpora

- [Even a fat, sleepy pet cat is a hunter inside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/198-cats-as-hunters-presents-on-the-doormat-and-why-tom-never-catches-jerry/0/)
- [Bright screens and exciting games keep the brain alert and can delay melatonin, the sleepy hormone that rises when it gets dark.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/363-sleep-and-dreams-in-people/13/)
- [Carbon monoxide has no smell or colour, and it can make people sleepy, sick and even kill them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/13-smells-that-warn/19/)
- [A bird that sits fluffed up and sleepy in the daytime may be sick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/66-how-pets-feel-and-saying-goodbye/11/)
- [If someone hits their head and goes quiet, sleepy or confused, call 999 or 911 and get an adult straight away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sleepy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.