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slumberous
[ sluhm-ber-uhs, sluhm-bruhs ]
adjective
- sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
- causing or inducing sleep.
- pertaining to, characterized by, or suggestive of slumber.
- inactive or sluggish; calm or quiet.
slumberous
/ ˈslʌmbərəs; -brəs /
adjective
- sleepy; drowsy
- inducing sleep
- characteristic of slumber
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Derived Forms
- ˈslumberousness, noun
- ˈslumberously, adverb
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Other Words From
- slum·ber·ous·ly adverb
- slum·ber·ous·ness noun
- un·slum·brous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of slumberous1
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Example Sentences
There is a slumberous Southern fire in the Mexican girls' eyes and love.
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At nightfall the village and its surrounding meadows soon become slumberous.
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The sun had been shining in their eyes, and the place looked very slumberous in the white hazy glory of a northern day.
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A solemn slumberous reverberation heard at intervals split the dull general roar apart.
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Eustacia's manner was as a rule of a slumberous sort, her passions being of the massive rather than the vivacious kind.
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