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sleepy
adjective (PERSON) /ˈsliː.pi/Definition
B1 tired and wanting to sleep → See also sleepyheadTired and making tired sleepily
/-pɪ.li/ adverb sleepiness
/-nəs/ noun [U]
(Definition of sleepy adjective (PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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