drowsy

«drowsy» in Mova's school dictionary: sleepy, when your eyes feel heavy and you could easily… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (drowsy, drowsier, drowsiest); adverb drowsily; noun drowsiness

meaning for a pupil

1) Drowsy means sleepy, when your eyes feel heavy and you could easily fall asleep. tree →

2) A drowsy place or time is quiet and slow, making people feel sleepy, like a warm summer afternoon. tree →

3) (medicine) Some medicines can make you drowsy; the label warns you not to drive or use machines. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories it shows a character is tired or about to fall asleep; in health lessons and safety it appears on medicine labels («may cause drowsiness»). Phrases: «feel drowsy», «a drowsy afternoon», «drowsy driving».

examples

• After the big lunch I felt drowsy. tree →
• The drowsy cat curled up by the fire. tree →
• This medicine may make you drowsy. tree →
• It was a drowsy Sunday, and nobody wanted to do anything. tree →
• Mum said drowsy drivers should stop and rest. tree →
• The baby gave a drowsy yawn. tree →
• The warm classroom made everyone drowsy. tree →
• He answered drowsily from under the blanket. tree →
• The relief from pain and hunger made me drowsy, and presently I fell asleep. tree →

note

Drowsy is softer than «asleep»: you are nearly asleep but still awake. Spelling: drowsy, drowsier, drowsiest (y changes to i). Do not mix up with «dozy», which can also mean slow-witted (UK).

In the corpora

• Drowsy in the boat, the Mole says the wind in the reeds is «like music—far away music».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «drowsy» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.