Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Strongly inclined to sleep; sleepy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Strongly inclined to sleep; very sleepy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic Strongly inclined to sleep; very
sleepy
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Examples
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Where, hopefully, sleepful nights (and other nice things, like husbandly company and, um, blogging) will resume.
Because it’s all about me. And her. But mostly me. | Her Bad Mother 2006
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Where, hopefully, sleepful nights and other nice things, like husbandly company and, um, blogging will resume.
Archive 2006-05-28 2006
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Where, hopefully, sleepful nights and other nice things, like husbandly company and, um, blogging will resume.
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He was as grave as ever -- the eyes opened and closed in the same manner, most wakeful when they seemed most sleepful; and he was as prompt and diligent as ever in the discharge of his duties in the school.
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Fortunately the day was far spent and the sleepful rest of the night helped me.
My Own Life Story Sterling Nelson 1924
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Even the stillness had a new air about it; the mute uneasiness of the bazaars had gone; nor was there a trace of the sleepful heaviness of Thebes.
DEVELOPMENT A NOVEL BY W. BRYHER WITH A PREFACE BY AMY LOWELL 1920
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a breakfast that was steamingly fit for those only who dwell in the headacheless kingdom of long, sleepful nights and fur-coatless tongues.
Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Fannie Hurst 1928
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