slumberous

American  

[sluhm-ber-uhs, sluhm-bruhs] / ˈslʌm bər əs, ˈslʌm brəs /

Also slumbrous

adjective

1. sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.

2. causing or inducing sleep.

3. pertaining to, characterized by, or suggestive of slumber.

4. inactive or sluggish; calm or quiet.

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slumberous British  

/ ˈslʌmbərəs, -brəs /

adjective

1. sleepy; drowsy

2. inducing sleep

3. characteristic of slumber

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Other Word Forms

• slumberously adverb
• slumberousness noun
• unslumbrous adjective

Etymology

Origin of slumberous

First recorded in 1485–95; slumber + -ous

Example Sentences

Richie's first new album in 10 years is also a rather slumberous affair, one whose title, Louder than Words, belies its content.

From Time Magazine Archive

But even as the city was modernized, Stalingrad's color and flavor still derived from the life teeming on the many-storied landing stages of the broad, slumberous Volga.

From Time Magazine Archive

None of the songs on Spice, from the slumberous ballad 2 Become 1 to the bass-heavy party jam Something Kinda Funny, come across as deeply felt; they all seem designed to amuse, titillate, ingratiate.

From Time Magazine Archive

After a slumberous afternoon in which the gallery attendants glared at dozers,* the bill came to passage.

From Time Magazine Archive

As he progressed, the leaping rill grew to a gurgling brook, widened to a splashing stream, hurrying over pebbly bed until it deepened to a slumberous pool spanned by a rustic bridge.

From Our Admirable Betty A Romance by Farnol, Jeffery