Drow"sy (?), a. [Compar. Drowsier (?); superl. Drowsiest.]

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.

 

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