Meaning of slumbersome | Babel Free

Definitions

Characterised or marked by slumber; sleepy.

Examples

“Stimulus, or correction,— one hardly knows which to ask⟳ for first, as more salutary for our own⟳ slumbersome, yet so self-willed, northern temperaments.”

“Flashing lights and sirens ring⟳ incredulously one slumber-some December night as baby is tucked in tight while mommy and daddy were going on like⟳ it was Saturday fight⟳ night.”

“We can also stipulate that the imagining is done with great energy and concentration whereas the perceiving is slumbersome. It is unclear in what sense⟳ the former is supposed to be “more intense” than the latter.”

“He was sitting on the shore, his back against a rock, and slipping into such a slumbersome frame of mind⟳ that he nearly fell asleep.”

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