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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Drowsy

/drouz'-ē/ · Drow·sy · IPA /ˈdɹaʊzi/
01 a. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
  1. 1.
    Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy.
    “Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray.” — Shak.
    “To our age's drowsy blood Still shouts the inspiring sea.” — Lowell.
  2. 2.
    Disposing to sleep; lulling; soporific.
    “The drowsy hours, dispensers of all good.” — Tennyson.
  3. 3.
    Dull; stupid.
Syn. Sleepy; lethargic; dozy; somnolent; comatose; dull heavy; stupid.