English Explanatory Dictionary

slumbery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Inclined to sleep; sleepy or sleeping; (by extension) quiet and slow-paced.

Word forms

slumbery more slumbery most slumbery slombry slumbry

Etymology

From Middle English slumbry, slombry, slomry, equivalent to slumber + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch slumerich (“slumbery”).

Synonyms

slumberous sleepy
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