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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drowsy \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drowsy adj 1: half asleep; "made drowsy by the long ride"; "it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor"; "a tired dozy child"; "the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair" [syn: {drowsing(a)}, {dozy}, {dozing(a)}, {napping(a)}, {nodding(a)}] 2: showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning congregation" [syn: {oscitant}, {yawning(a)}]
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