yawny

[ yaw-nee ]

adjective

, yawn·i·er, yawn·i·est.

1. emitting or causing yawns:

   yawny spectators; a yawny debate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of yawny¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; yawn + -y ¹

Example Sentences

He still wasn’t happy being dragged out of bed so early, but had somehow managed to get dressed despite feeling all yawny and stiff.

From Literature

And what I knew about Napa was that it was someone else’s exorbitant fantasyland — yawny and pampering.

From New York Times

Scenes of skull-penetrating torture could make this handsome but yawny Bond film too much for middle-schoolers.

From Washington Post

The gulf between the National League-leading Los Angeles Dodgers and the bunched-up teams below, from St. Louis to Philadelphia, was not so wide or so yawny.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were all yawny, and some were grumpy, but I had washed my being in the sunrise and felt as blithesome as the day.

From Project Gutenberg