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Meaning of sleepish | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
ˈsliːpɪʃ

Definitions

sleepy; drowsy

Examples

“One, my lord, that doth so palpably, so apparently make her adulteries a trophy, whiles the poting-stick to her unsatiate goatish abomination jeers at, and flouts your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.”
“She answered the telephone with a sleepish sounding voice, since she wasn't fully awake yet.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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