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Pronunciation : Drow"sy
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. "When I am drowsy." Shak. Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak. To our age's drowsy blood Still shouts the inspiring sea. Lowell.
2. Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific. The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good. Tennyson.
3. Dull; stupid. " Drowsy reasoning." Atterbury.
Syn. -- Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid.
[Compar. Drowsier; superl. Drowsiest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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