SLEEPY

adj. (sleepier, sleepiest) 1 drowsy; ready for sleep; about to fall asleep. 2 lacking activity or bustle (a sleepy little town). 3 habitually indolent, unobservant, etc. sleepy sickness encephalitis lethargica, an infection of the brain with drowsiness and sometimes a coma. sleepily adv. sleepiness n.