Sleepiness
['sliːpɪnɪs] or ['slipɪnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) a very sleepy state; 'sleepiness causes many driving accidents'.
Typed by Gordon--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being sleepy.
Edited by Juanita
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Drowsiness, somnolence, doziness, inclination to sleep.
Edited by Kelsey
Examples
- I had reached that stage of sleepiness when Peggotty seemed to swell and grow immensely large. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And the feeling of the summer and the fall was buried deep under tiredness, sleepiness, and nervousness and discomfort. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Let me try if I can write myself into sleepiness and fatigue. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Typist: Miranda