Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleepily

/slˈipəli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: sleep-i-ly
IPA: /slˈipəli/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a sleepy manner.

Example Sentences

"Igins was studying the habits of a capuchin caterpillar, that, like his betters, was sleepily eating his way through existence on the leaf of a cabbage in the garden […]"
"Lettie's eyes were scarcely open, but she answered sleepily, "Well, papa.""

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *slēpaz Proto-West Germanic *slāp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Proto-West Germanic *slāpag Old English *slǣpiġ Middle English slepy English sleepy Middle English -ly English -ly English sleepily From sleepy + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more sleepily (comparative) most sleepily (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce sleepily?: The recorded pronunciation is /slˈipəli/.
What does sleepily mean?: In a sleepy manner.
Where does sleepily come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *slēpaz Proto-West Germanic *slāp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Proto-West Germanic *slāpag Old English *slǣpiġ Middle English slepy English sleepy Middle English -ly English -ly English sleepily From sleepy + -ly.

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